In the United States, where millions of students are taking classes online, the story of two students who are driven into a difficult situation is drawing attention.
According to foreign media such as CNN in the US on the 1st in local time, a scene of young children squatting on a street in California spread on social media, causing excitement across the United States.
Netizen, who released the photo, explained that these children, who are elementary school students, have to do the homework they gave online at school, but because there is no Wi-Fi at home, they recklessly went to the street.
The place where the children were, was in front of the fast food store'Taco Bell', and came to the store after seeing a store announcement that it provides free Wi-Fi to customers.
The Taco Bell staff, who became aware of the situation, helped them to use Wi-Fi, which allowed the children to do their homework even on the street in front of the store.
This netizen said, "A lot of people, from kindergarten to university students, are unable to use Wi-Fi," and argued, "With or without Wi-Fi, the future of children should not be divided."
As the story became a hot topic, I started to reflect on the community where the children live.
"We have provided a hot spot (wireless network service) to our students," said Salinas Elementary School in California. "The digital gap in our area is huge. We will work hard to provide a hot spot to more students."
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Officials and experts analyzed that the chronic problem in the United States is becoming visible.
"California is the world's technology center, and Salinas is only 45 minutes from Silicon Valley," said Louis Allejo, Mayor of Monterey, California. It just became clearer.”
In fact, a survey found that 25% of all California students were left without internet access.
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In Korea, where the ratio of Internet users to the total population exceeds 90%, various problems emerged on the surface as a result of online classes.
Problems were the lack of digital devices such as laptops and tablets among low-income students, poor learning space due to family circumstances, and the learning gap between high-ranking students and low-middle-class students.
As the education rights of students around the world are threatened by Corona 19, the resolution of the digital divide, which has the success or failure of the non-face-to-face distance education method, is expected to be a top priority.
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