Head teacher wants more money for broadband in schools

A head teacher has stated that the government needs to provide increased subsidies to make it easier for schools to provide the students with access to broadband services.

It has become widely recognised amongst many industry officials that broadband has become an important part of education, giving students access to a world of information that can benefit them in terms of their education. However, it is very expensive for schools to provide this broadband access in schools, which means that in some cases children from homes that do not have broadband access are at a disadvantage compared to those that do.

One school head teacher has now stated that the government needs to look at providing subsidies for schools so that they can more easily provide access to broadband services for children, enabling all children to enjoy the same tools, resources, and information even if they do not have broadband in the home.

Alan Simpson, of Seaton Primary School in the Axe Valley, north Devon, said that schools would be able to more easily maintain broadband access for children to benefit from if they were able to access subsidies from the government. He said that his school was experiencing difficulties in maintaining broadband access because of the cost, adding that was paying eight thousand pounds a year to maintain the broadband access.

He said that a drop in student numbers meant that the school did not have the necessary cash to maintain broadband access for much longer, and could really struggle next year. He stated: “We will be okay for this year, but we could struggle in future, depending on what numbers are coming in.”

Source – Telappliant