Hull Students to benefit from Free Laptop Broadband Packs

It has been reported that a number of Hull-based underprivileged pupils of primary schools would be provided with free laptops and computers with broadband access.

The Hull Daily that reported the refreshing news revealed how hundreds of under-privileged pupils in Hull were set to receive a free PC or laptop worth more than GBP 500 that would ensure them access to broadband internet services.

According to the director of city learning centres of Hull City Council, Dougal Gill, the programme is being launched with a view to reducing the adverse effects had on the rural communities by the Digital Divide.

Gill further commented that it had been proven that there existed a link between the IT provision in the home and attainment, which can be as vital as a couple of GCSE grades. He added that if it certainly made a reasonable impact on attainment, what they were attempting to was to encourage households that did not have a computer to fetch one.

It was only earlier in the month that a number of students at the Warrington Alderman Bolton Community Primary school in Cheshire were gifted a free mobile broadband dongle that enabled them to access broadband internet services at home.