The partnership aims to empower learners with new skills for the future such as coding, digital literacy and creative skills among students and teachers.
Schools, communities and homes across the capital are set to benefit from a digital network to be installed over the next five years by London Grid for Learning (LGfL) and its partner, Internet Service Provider (ISP) Community Fibre.
A share of £170m has been made available to employers, education and training providers to establish new ‘Institutes of Technology’ (IoTs), which will specialise in delivering the higher level technical skills.
More than half (53%) of Brits now believe that learning coding in school is just as important as learning a foreign language, such as French or Spanish.
Children’s commissioner Anne Longfield has called for a digital citizenship programme in every school, warning that children are being ‘left to fend for themselves in the digital world’.
The Raspberry Pi Foundation has partnered with social learning provider FutureLearn to launch two free online training courses for teachers focused on computing and digital skills.