To mark World Children’s Day 2021, Dialog Axiata PLC, together with the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Pre-Schools and Primary Education, School Infrastructure and Education Services, has extended free Broadband connectivity to all 379 Child Development Centres island-wide.
In a media release, Dialog said it has from inception leveraged the power of inclusive technology to provide access to education for children and undertaken many investments to bring every Sri Lankan child closer to a good-quality educational experience.
These investments include, among others Nenasa Digital Education platform connecting 2000 schools and over 1.6 million homes with Nenasa educational television channels on Dialog TV and Dialog ViU mobile app, the Nenasa interactive smart phone app, the Nenasa Smart Schools digital transformation initiative and the Dialog Merit Scholarship programme.
The proposed initiative connecting Child Development centres would facilitate access to quality education for 10,632 children at all the Child Development Centres through the e-thaksalawa education portal of the Ministry of Education, the release said.
Supun Weerasinghe, Group Chief Executive of Dialog Axiata PLC said, “We are thankful to the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Pre-Schools and Primary Education, School Infrastructure and Education Services for inviting us to partner this initiative and further our mission of enabling equitable access to education for all.”
Above (L to R): Supun Weerasinghe, Group Chief Executive, Dialog Axiata PLC exchanging the MOU with Piyal Nishantha, State Minister of Women and Child Development, Pre-Schools and Primary Education, School Infrastructure and Education Services and Ms. K.M.S.D. Jayasekara, Secretary, State Ministry of Women and Child Development, Pre-Schools and Primary Education, School Infrastructure and Education Services
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