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The government is to set up a taskforce to ensure all children have access to the internet outside of school. | The government is to set up a taskforce to ensure all children have access to the internet outside of school. |
The government says more than 800,000 children and young people in England are currently not online at home and wants to close the "digital divide". | The government says more than 800,000 children and young people in England are currently not online at home and wants to close the "digital divide". |
The home access taskforce, chaired by Schools Minister Jim Knight, will look at how government, the IT industry and education charities can work together. | The home access taskforce, chaired by Schools Minister Jim Knight, will look at how government, the IT industry and education charities can work together. |
Mr Knight outlined his plans at the Bett educational technology show. | |
The government wants to ensure pupils have internet access either at home or though after-schools clubs and extended schools. | The government wants to ensure pupils have internet access either at home or though after-schools clubs and extended schools. |
The announcement of a taskforce follows an initial internal study last autumn by Intel, Dell and RM, which concluded that universal access could be made possible through partnership between government, private and voluntary sectors. | The announcement of a taskforce follows an initial internal study last autumn by Intel, Dell and RM, which concluded that universal access could be made possible through partnership between government, private and voluntary sectors. |
'Sustainable solution' | 'Sustainable solution' |
Mr Knight told the Bett show in London's Olympia: "The so-called digital divide cannot be allowed to create and reinforce social and academic divisions. | |
"We need to come up with a sustainable solution which will work for future generations as well as this one, building on existing good practice rather than looking for a quick fix. | "We need to come up with a sustainable solution which will work for future generations as well as this one, building on existing good practice rather than looking for a quick fix. |
The government says it is investing heavily in school technology | |
"I am setting up a home access taskforce which I will personally chair. | "I am setting up a home access taskforce which I will personally chair. |
"I want this to bring together key industry players, the voluntary sector, and education representatives to look at the issues, because ICT at every child's fingertips is not the be-all and end-all of our ambitions." | "I want this to bring together key industry players, the voluntary sector, and education representatives to look at the issues, because ICT at every child's fingertips is not the be-all and end-all of our ambitions." |
The government says its spending on school information and technology equipment has risen six-fold since 1998 - from £112m to £801m this year. | The government says its spending on school information and technology equipment has risen six-fold since 1998 - from £112m to £801m this year. |
By 2008, the Department for Education and Skills says it will have invested over £5bn in "state-of-the-art" technology for schools. | By 2008, the Department for Education and Skills says it will have invested over £5bn in "state-of-the-art" technology for schools. |
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