January 10, 2008

ARTICLES / IT: Plan to give all young learners access to IT (UK)

Plan to give all young learners access to IT

By Tom Lloyd
Children & Young People Now
9 January 2008

Government proposals to ensure every family with five- to 19-year-old learners has access to IT have been published.

Ministers want to make sure all families in England have access to technology such as the internet so children and young people can study and access educational resources at home.

The initiative is known as Home Access, and schools minister Jim Knight has set up a Home Access taskforce including representatives from the IT industry, education, and the third sector.

FULL ARTICLE AT
http://www.cypnow.co.uk/bulletins/Daily-Bulletin/news/775810/?DCMP=EMC-DailyBulletin

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