As reported by National Technology News, a new scheme by the Digital Poverty Alliance will provide underprivileged children with laptops for school through monthly donations
The Digital Poverty Alliance has announced a new initiative which will help underprivileged children get laptops for school and digital education.
The charity, which aims to end digital poverty in the UK by 2030, said that through HMRC’s Gift Aid scheme, the initiative works with schools across the UK to collect monthly donations to raise funding which is then granted back to the school, with the children of parents who can’t afford the technology given a laptop for the duration of their education.
The Alliance says that increasingly, education in the UK requires access to a digital device for lessons, revision, homework and extended research, replacing the traditional class trip to the ICT suite.
This approach means that children need access to laptops, tablets or smartphones to access digital resources. However, Ofcom found that around one in five children did not have consistent access to a suitable device for online home learning during the pandemic.
Further research from Pearson and the Centre for Economics and Business Research recently found that the UK economy would grow by £8.7 billion from investment in technology in schools.
For every £1 invested, technology in schools could return up to £7.90, helping to provide devices, broadband improvement and teacher training.
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