Ensure disadvantaged children have access to participate in virtual schooling

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

The government currently has plans to allow schools to apply for funding for laptops for students who currently receive free school meals. This plan will not be implemented until Spring 2021.

Almost 75% of children who lack a device for virtual schooling do not receive free school meals.

Disadvantaged children currently have little or no access to a computer which limits their participation due to no fault of their own.

Once the governments current plan comes into effect, these children would have missed out on a significant portion of their education in comparison to their peers.

These children are currently being denied education because they were born into disadvantaged families.

The plan must be brought forward or interim measures introduced as a stop gap.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign some of these petitions:

Provide disadvantaged children with a connected laptop to access home learning: Provide disadvantaged children with a connected laptop to access home learning

Expand the free laptop scheme for children to one per family so all benefit: Expand the free laptop scheme for children to one per family so all benefit

Fund a PC laptop for remote learning for every child/student: Fund a PC laptop for remote learning for every child/student

Timeline

9 Jan 2021	Petition opened for signatures
18 Jan 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12

Status Rejected

Rejected 18 Jan 2021

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