Children without PCs, laptops, and tablets are falling behind in school—with some London teachers disconnected from up to a third of their classroom
The pace of the pandemic and the U.K.’s subsequent shutdown has left some schoolchildren facing a new rich-poor technology divide while isolated from computers and facilities they would otherwise use at school computer rooms or at public libraries.
With approximately 180 children in each year group, and 1,000 children in the school, over 300 kids—albeit at different stages of their education—are isolated from their teachers. This is an unusual problem for teachers and students alike.... [+]When asked if children were really missing their homework, Eadie adds, “Oh, God, they’re desperate for it. My lot never beg for work–but now they’re desperate.
Malhotra warns that, “The kids that are behind are likely to be falling even further behind. And there's a risk that this could be going on until September. They are currently planning on the basis that they won’t come back until September” when the new school year will begin. “Five months of learning—gone,” Malhotra adds....
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