It is thought that up 750,000 children are unable to access the internet at home even though schools expect them to use the internet for revision and homework.
Furthermore, recent figures show that almost half of families in the poorest 10 per cent of households are not online, and that figure has only improved two per cent in the last two years. Also, children from single-parent families are significantly less likely to be online at home when compared with households with two or more adults.
The Mind the Gap scheme, launched by the e-Learning Foundation in conjunction with the online technology question and answer community, Quib.ly, wants to bridge this gap.
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