No computer, no heat: UK’s poorest struggle with homeschooling

A file photo of two home-schooled children attending their lessons at home in Milton Keynes, Britain. Child Poverty Action Group found 40% of low-income UK families were missing at least one essential resource, such as a laptop, a device or Internet. — Reuters

LONDON: With schools closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, millions of children in Britain are struggling to learn remotely, because of a lack of computers, Internet or quiet room to study.

“At home, I have to share the computer with my big brother and sister,” said eight-year-old Kamaljit Sultana, who lives in Tower Hamlets in east London, one of the city's poorest boroughs.