Parents, students, and teachers receiving the SIM cards with data
As pupils from the Karamat Primary School and the Pine Ground Primary School prepare to sit the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) in August, the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) donated SIM cards with 10GB of data to them.
Pupils of the two schools will now be able to access classes and other educational websites to assist with their online learning given the current COVID-19 pandemic.
GTT’s Marketing Communications Manager, Nicola Balram reminded, this is not the company’s first SIM and data donation to schools during the pandemic.
“With the company’s promise to strengthen our community and reliably connect our customers, we are adamant in ensuring that our younger generation has access to education. Since last year we donated SIMs and data to over 200 students across the country to strengthen access to online learning. We hope that this additional donation provides the aid to these students as they prepare for their exams in August,” Balram said.
Distributing the SIMs to the students was Business Support Supervisor Deoraj Husain, who thanked GTT for its support to the students of the community that he is close to.
“I know this gesture by the company is greatly appreciated by the students, parents, and teachers of these schools. The smiles on the parents’ faces when receiving the SIMs were priceless.”
In October 2020, GTT signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Education Ministry to zero-rate several educational websites in support of online learning in Guyana.
In a press statement announcing the move, GTT said that by zero-rating the websites, persons will be able to browse and learn without a data plan. Profuturo.education, essentialschools.org, code.org, wikipedia.org, educationgy.org, guyanalearningchannel.com, and hydromet.gov.gy are among the zero-rated websites.
“We are happy to partner with the Ministry in supporting online learning during this pandemic. We acknowledge the effort of the Ministry, those in the teaching profession, parents, and guardians to ensure that learning continues apace – it is, therefore, our hope that our contribution will go a long way in moulding the minds of our future generation,” former GTT CEO Justin Nedd had said.
