Dudley wi-fi call to end digital poverty among
Dudley should follow the lead of Wolverhampton Council and provide access to wi-fi devices so children sent home because of Covid can still be taught – a councillor and school governor has demanded.
Councillor Sue Ridney, Labour spokeswoman for Children Services, said the borough should copy the example of its neighbour which is loaning devices and 4G SIM cards as part of a scheme to cut ‘digital poverty’.
Saying one-in-four children in the borough come from low income families, she added: “Wolverhampton Council is loaning devices to children with no access to a computer or wi-fi at home when they cannot be taught in school and there is no reason why Dudley couldn’t do something similar.
