MultiChoice,
Nigeria’s leading provider of video entertainment services, has
reiterated its commitment to enhancing education in the country with its
resource centre intervention by donating additional digital learning
aids to 10 schools in Enugu State. This brings the number of the resource centres in the state to 17.
The intervention, a corporate social
investment initiative dubbed the MultiChoice Resource Centre (MRC)
project, involves the provision of a TV set, DStv Explora decoder,
satellite dish, a power generating set, uninterrupted power system
(UPS), sets of chairs and tables for the laboratory, and other
equipment, avails students access to educational TV channels that
include Discovery, National Geographic, History Channel, ED and Mindset,
at no cost to the beneficiary schools.
The project, introduced to improve the
knowledge levels and understanding of technical subject areas by
students, is in its twelfth year and has been launched in 363 schools in
31 states of the federation, including the Federal Capital Territory,
(FCT) Abuja.
Speaking on the project, Enugu State
Commissioner for Education, Professor Uche Eze, thanked MultiChoice for
returning to Enugu to launch more resource centres.
“I appreciate MultiChoice for its timely intervention through the establishment of technology-driven educational MultiChoice Resource Centres,
making it 17th in the state. Bringing television to the classroom is a
commendable, creative and innovative way of adding value to teaching and
learning. It is a paradigm shift that enables students manage their own
learning under the guidance of the teacher. The government of Enugu
State appreciates this gesture and like Oliver Twist, we ask for more to
be able to reach the unreached. We are ready to do all that is
necessary for more schools to benefit from this laudable project” Eze
remarked.
Caroline Oghuma, Public Relations
Manager, DStv, said MultiChoice launched the project with a view to
improving the standard of education in public schools in the country
primarily, and to give back to its host community.
“MultiChoice as a company believes that
improving the standard of education of its host community is one of the
ways by which the company, as a socially-responsible organization can
give back to the community. We have a strong conviction that the
technological, economic, and socio-political advancement of any country
and her future are intrinsically tied to the quality of education that
the youth are exposed to. MultiChoice intends to take the learning resource centres to all the states of the federation,” she explained.
She also pointed out that MultiChoice will soon launch the resource centres in Jigawa and Zamfara States.
No comments:
Post a Comment