Coronavirus: Who can get free laptops for home schooling children and how to apply?
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mirror.co.ukThe Government has announced plans to provide disadvantaged children with free laptops and internet connections to allow them to take part in online school classes from home.
The move is part of a push to make remote education accessible for children while schools are closed, and includes a new online academy to offer pupils online lessons.
It comes on what would have been the first day of summer term for most pupils, and after Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said no date has been set for re-opening schools in England.
He apologised to pupils for the interruption to their studies and said there are no plans to open schools in England over the summer holidays.
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