This is a great point, which is part of what the original speech linked to covers: Education and it's associated achievements require time and resources beyond what schools themselves provide.
Regarding people in a similar economic situation to yours, I wonder if taking on a modest amount of low-interest debt early in life to fund a more comfortable and convenient life while you study and achieve in the free university system would be seen as a valuable investment? I understand the fear of debt that may exist, but with a free uni system available, it seems like such a great opportunity. Imagine if (as Rory Sutherland has proposed in one of his talks) instead of calling it a debt, it were named an "education tax" that you pay back a bit at a time after graduation?
I believe ORBIS was created in 2011 and launched in 2012 - a time before many of today's browser capabilities had been made available. It's amazing how far web browsers have come since then.