Mobile operator Grameenphone is going to provide some 250 schools across the country with 21 hours of free Internet connectivity, as part of its Language Movement Day initiative.
Under the programme, students of selected schools will be able to enjoy the information gateway through a multi-purpose community learning centre, or ‘Gonokendra,’ to be set up in each institutions.
The programme was formally launched yesterday by the Chairman of Grameenphone’s Board, and Head of Telenor Asia, Sigve Brekke at an inauguration ceremony at Ali Hossain Girls High School at Dhanmondi.
A Grameenphone spokesperson said the prime objective of the campaign is to create equal access to educational content, news, information and knowledge for all. Earlier, the operator signed an deal with the non-governmental organisation BRAC.
BRAC’s Senior Director of Strategy, Communications and Capacity Asif Saleh, Grameenphone’s Head of Strategy Erlend Prestgard, and Head of Corporate Communications Tahmeed Azizul Huq, and acting headmaster of the school Sajedul Alam were present.