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The digital divide must be tackled early in life.
Byline: Valerie Thompson
The digital divide must be tackled early in life
It is essential that all schoolchildren have the opportunity to learn IT skills, says Valerie Thompson
When the e-Learning Foundation started in 2001, its mission to ensure every schoolchild in this country has their own computer and broadband access at home, regardless of the income of their family, might have been regarded as unrealistic. Today, not only is
that dream realistic, it is close to being a reality.
We have helped more than 100,000 children gain access to the learning technologies they need to support their education beyond the classroom. That work is about to gain a boost with a [pounds sterling]300m Home Access programme due to be rolled out nationwide in the autumn, following a successful pilot in Oldham and Suffolk earlier this year.
The programme, being managed by government agency Becta, provides families whose children
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