Number of Czech students lacking tech for online classes down 80 pct

The number of primary and secondary school students who lack sufficient technology to take part in online education has fallen by 80 percent from about 250,000 last spring, when the first coronavirus school closures came, according to the Czech School Inspectorate.

The situation has improved thanks to the loans of computers and other equipment acquired by the schools and distributed to families in need. However, about 10,000 children still do not participate in distance-learning at all, roughly the same number as in April 2020, the Inspectorate says.