I really do not understand the government's obsession with providing access to computers for children (Government aims to bridge digital divide, www.computing.co.uk/2207285).

I do not think spending money to provide "the highest levels of embedded technology in classrooms in the EU" has improved the education of our children, as recent figures on school achievement have shown.

And why should low-income families expect to have high-speed broadband and computers in their home for free? According to schools minister Jim Knight, it is not fair if they don't.

Well it is not fair for them to live on baked beans and not have a car. Is Jim Knight going to provide those things also? Has he not heard of free computing in schools and libraries?

M Spencer