Ministry of Education

New Zealand has 800,000 school age children across 2,500 schools living in around 400,000 households. Whilst all schools in New Zealand enjoy access to free ultra-fast fibre-based broadband internet, up to 100,000 school age children living in 40,000 households do not have home internet access, this accounts for approximately 30% of digital divide challenge in our nation.This digital divide not only disadvantages those who do not have access to the internet but also prevents teachers employing modern pedagogical techniques where a portion of students do not have access to the internet at home. The goal of the Equitable Digital Access for Students programme is to address this gap, providing a sustainable solution for students to access safe internet where ever they are, any time, replicating the same experience they have at school.