Remote Education: ICT

(asked on 24th November 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many dongles and other mifi devices have been distributed to families to support remote education since the start of the covid-9 outbreak.


Answered by
Nick Gibb Portrait
Nick Gibb
This question was answered on 30th November 2020

The Department has already provided over 51,000 4G wireless routers, with free data for the rest of the academic year. We continue to provide 4G wireless routers, with free data, where schools face disruption and children need to access remote education.

Local authorities, academy trusts and schools are responsible for distributing the 4G wireless routers and are best placed to know which children and young people need access to the internet.

In partnership with mobile network operators, we are providing access to free additional mobile data for the academic year, offering families flexibility to access the resources that they need the most.

The mobile data uplifts will be in place until the end of the academic year. Schools will be able to request free mobile data uplifts for disadvantaged children up to Year 11 via the Get Help with Technology service, when they experience disruption to face-to-face education or for clinically extremely vulnerable children.

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