Can't afford a PC at home? Your children are suffering, says charity
Bournemouth Echo writes, "CHILDREN who don’t have a computer at home are falling two grades behind at school, a charity claims."
With more than a million children in the UK unable to get online at home, the e-Learning Foundation warns they’re being put at a disadvantage and are calling for more funding to help narrow the gap.
Almost 1,000 low-income families with children in Dorset County Council schools and nearly 900 families from Bournemouth Borough council schools got money towards computers under a nationwide Home Access scheme, but this ended in November.
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Source: Bournemouth Echo
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