New research into the digital divide in our schools
Poor Wi-Fi provision is cited as an issue affecting 65 per cent of primary schools and 54 per cent of secondary schools, and a significant number (42 per cent of schools in the primary sector and 31 per cent of secondary schools) said their broadband provision did not meet requirements.
Caroline Wright, BESA director said, “British teachers are world-leaders in the use of educational-technology in the classroom so it is of great concern that pupils are being denied access to innovative and effective digital learning because of poor internet connectivity in more than half of the UK’s schools.
“In today’s digital society, classroom connectivity to an online world of knowledge and resources should be a right for every student in their place of learning and not a lottery.”
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