Huawei to provide digital solutions to T&T High schools
Huawei Bangladesh has partnered with Bijoy Digital to provide digital solutions to T&T High schools across Bangladesh to facilitate distance learning.
The project formed under the partnership will aid Huawei smart devices along with Bijoy Digital App and connectivity to the pre-school to class IV students, says a press release.
The project received collaborative support from the UNESCO Bangladesh.
Initially, the project will start with T&T Boys High School in Banani, Dhaka and then move forward to other schools in two years.
Huawei will provide Huawei Tab (Huawei MediaPad T3 10) to students and teachers to T&T Boys High School to empower the process of digital education.
Bijoy Digital will enable students to follow the national curriculum of Bangladesh in a digital innovative way, the press release added.
Speaking at a virtual inauguration ceremony of the project on Wednesday, posts, telecommunications and information technology minister Mustafa Jabbar said, “Since the outbreak of COVID-19, numerous educational institutions around the country have been closed to prevent further spread of the virus. Thus, the Government of Bangladesh has been relentlessly working to find and apply alternate ways to ensure the continuity of learning.”
He said it is encouraging that Huawei is realising the struggles education sector are facing and collaborating with local and UN organisations, took the initiative to distribute digital solutions to the students who do not have access to study.
Posts and telecommunications division secretary Md Nur-Ur-Rahman said the initiative will greatly help students in this period as well as in the long run.
Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Limited (BTCL) managing director Md Rafiqul Matin said, “T&T schools have been spreading the traditional way of education for many years and now this project will facilitate our students to enter into the digital education system.”
UNESCO representative to Bangladesh Beatrice Kaldun said, “We all need to work together in order to reach each and every learner in Bangladesh, including those that are of high risk to be left behind.”
CEO of Huawei Bangladesh Zhang Zhengjun says, “We hope that online learning will solve the gap that the pandemic has caused in the education system. Providing schools with internet access and digital technology can bring learning resources to be remote and disadvantaged communities and ensure greater opportunities for students around Bangladesh.”
CEO of Bijoy Digital Jasmine Jui, Head teacher of Banani’s T&T Boys High School Halima Begum, T&T Boys High School teacher Iftekhayrul Islam and student Limon Khan, among others, spoke at the programme.