Unwanted tech helps bridge ‘digital divide’ in lockdown Britain


A boy receives online learning from his school amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak at his home in Keele, Staffordshire, Britain. — Reuters

LONDON: When British single mother Martha sensed another Covid-19 lockdown was looming, one of her biggest worries was how her three young sons would cope with online schooling again when the family still didn’t have a computer.

Martha’s children, who are all at primary school in London, struggled during the first round of school closures last year – unable to access their school’s digital lessons and cut off from their classmates.

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