Digital Divide

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Not all families have laptops and broadband, your kids keep learning At Home

"In our schools, 60% to 70% of The Children would be the laptops," Says Wayne Norrie, Director of a Academy trust with schools in socially disadvantaged areas.

With schools closed and the students for studying online At Home , he Says , it is important to recognize The Social divide in access to technology.

"has Coronavirus, revealed the extent of the Digital Divide ," he Says .

The Department For Education in England has promised laptops to be loaned to some of the poorer young people.

the year 10 students without access to a computer, and this with The Social workers, will be able to soon with The First laptops promised in The Next couple of weeks.

Mr Norrie, chief executive Officer of Greenwood academies Trust, with 37 schools in The Midlands and east of England, Says many families rely on a single cell phone for an Internet connection that is not "realistic" for online learning and streaming video lessons.

"not Many have broadband contracts," he Says .

The schools already have laptops, and some families have their own tablet Computer - But There are still obstacles in The Sense of the parents: "IT-skills and The Children have space to study. to give

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"Digital poverty" is a big problem, Says Matt Morden, co-headteacher of Surrey Square primary school in South London .

In his school, 24% of the students are effectively offline to study so able to from home.

their families may have cell phones with internet Connections - But for those, the data is in low-paid, insecure jobs, expensive.

"eat When the families have to fight to be the priority, not data," he Says .

as well as missing out to miss out on the learning without online-connection "sense of belonging" to stay In Touch with their friends and teachers, Mr Morden Says .

The lockdown and closure of schools "the Digital Divide , and the top," he Says .

There are digital haves and have-nots in the coronavirus lockdown

It was from The Bbc available educational resources has provided - But those without Internet Access or computer equipment to be Left Behind .

Mr Morden is school lending laptops - But for families with several school-age children, it might not be enough.

Seb Chapleau, Director of the Big education conversation, charity, Says , it is to be understood "is important to that this is a deep problem in many schools".

The Co-op Academies Trust, the provision of 1,000 computer devices across the 24 schools.

Chris Tomlinson , the chair of The Trust , Says that online education "is not good, if The Children do not have the necessary hardware for Internet Access ".

The AET academy trust, in the meantime, the deployment of 9000 laptops on its 58 schools.

Chief executive Julian Drinkall Says the lockdown technology has an educational need.

And Harlow MP Robert Halfon , who proposes that the chair of the education Select Committee, educational programs rely on free-to-air to not reach the TV, these are online.

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Source of news: bbc.com