The latest pandemic has significantly changed the education system, intensified the transition of learning from the educational space of educational organizations to the educational space of students, including their place of residence. And these changes have altered the accents in the traditional competencies of all participants in the educational process. The requirements for the infrastructure used for the organization of the educational space at the place of residence of the student have also changed, and the requirements for the level of development of different digital competencies have changed as well. The role of parents in the organization and implementation of distance learning has also changed significantly. Accordingly, the role of the economic well-being of the student's family and the level of digital competence of parents increases because they, at least at the level of general education, determine the very possibility of distance education. Below we will look at some aspects of the "digital inequality" and its impact on the modern education system.