Grameenphone is going to provide 21 lacs free Internet Hours for school children, in collaboration with BRAC. Inspired by Language Movement Day 21st February this program will be starting this month.

This was announced today (February 10) in a program arranged at Ali Hossain Girls High School, situated in West Dhanmondi. Under the initiative of “Internet for All” Grameenphone will provide 21 lac free Internet hours to 250 schools around the country. Students of these schools will be able to use free internet in the Gonokendras, a multi-purpose community learning center managed by BRAC at school premises. Grameenphone and BRAC recently signed an agreement under which BRAC will help Grameenphone to implement the program on field level.

During the program Sigve Brekke, Chairman of Grameenphone Board and Head of Telenor Asia discuss about the benefit of using Internet with students. He emphasized on the awareness regarding Internet and importance of using internet safely especially by the children. Later the students participated in a quiz program.Asif Saleh, BRAC's Senior Director of Strategy, Communications and Capacity was present at the event on behalf of BRAC. He thanked Grameenphone for this timely initiative and believes that this program will help broadening access to the world of ICT for school children, especially those living in rural Bangladesh.

Grameenphone's Head of Strategy Erlend Prestgard Head of Corporate Communications, Tahmeed Azizul Huq, and Engineer Sajedul Alam, acting Head Master of Ali Hossain Girls School were present on the occasion.

Grameenphone has an ambition to make Internet accessible for all Bangladeshi through its Internet for All initiatives.   Objective of this campaign is to create equal opportunity to access educational content, news, information and knowledge for all.

BRAC, the largest development organization in the world, currently has around two and a half thousand Gonokendras functioning in Bangladesh. These multi-purpose learning centers provide an intergenerational meeting space and offer a number of services for adults, children and students. They also preserve local historical items, operate mobile libraries for women and the elderly and run a Children's Corner.       

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