ICT
Nenasa TV expands coverage
Nenasa TV, the satellite based television channel developed to bridge
the education gap between urban and rural Sri Lanka has expanded its
reach to connect 1,400 schools, with the aim of making education
accessible to all.
All smiles... Principals of schools from the western province
receiving Nenasa connections from Education Minister, Bandula
Gunawardane. Kavan Ratnayaka, Group
Chief Corporate Officer at Dialog Axiata PLC and Supun
Weerasinghe, Group Chief
Operating Officer at Dialog Axiata PLC looks on. |
The Nenasa programme was developed under the Mahinda Chinthanaya
education plan to address the disparity of access to knowledge between
urban and rural Sri Lanka through ICT (Information Communication
Technology). Dialog Television, a satellite-based broadcaster, is a
subsidiary of Dialog Axiata.
A satellite based system has almost no geographical limitations to
deliver crystal clear content from the heavens.
In 2009, Ranjan Wijerathne Maha Vidyalaya in Pelwatta, Moneragala
District became the first school in Sri Lanka to join the Nenasa TV
programme.
"I am pleased to announce that within a short period Nenasa has shown
tremendous potential to take education to schools in the rural
peripheries of Sri Lanka," Bandula Gunawardena, Minister of Education
said. "As the minister in charge of education I sincerely wish Nenasa TV
all success to grow from strength to strength to serve underprivileged
schools in rural Sri Lanka."
The state of the art satellite based distance education programme is
operated by the Ministry of Education, while a high quality telecast
edition of the national education curriculum for Ordinary Level and
Advance Level students is developed by the National Institute of
Education (NIE).
The education syllabus is available in Sinhala and Tamil. The
developed curriculum is transmitted to the rural school network via
Dialog Television.
"It is indeed a great honour and privilege bestowed upon us to be
part of Ministry of Education's first ICT based education bridge that
has the ability to reach out to any part of the Island via digital
broadcast technology," Kavan Ratnayaka, Group Chief Corporate Officer at
Dialog Axiata PLC said.
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