Online school admissions could worsen digital divide - silicon.com
A slight majority of parents surveyed - 47 per cent of the total - said they would apply online, compared to 40 per cent who said they were unlikely to. Among parents with home access to the internet the balance was more positive with 51 per cent against 39 per cent.
But the report warned there is "clear evidence of the 'digital divide' in society with those most likely to use online applications drawn from the higher social groups, in work, married, in the south, with good home internet access already using a number of online services".
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