Kathmandu, Nov. 10
Minister for
Communication and Information Technology Parbat Gurung on Tuesday directed
Nepal Telecommunication Authority (NTA) to immediately distribute SIM cards
free of cost to all school students across the country.
He directed the
NTA to distribute the SIM cards to the students free of cost in order to
facilitate them in pursuing online education during the coronavirus pandemic.
“The pandemic
has forced us to suspend all educational activities in public schools. I
request you to prepare a provision to provide free SIM cards to all the
students to facilitate them to participate in online education activities,” he
said while making an observation trip to the central office of the NTA in
Kamaladi.
Meanwhile, he
also nudged the telecommunication sector regulator to expand internet services
to ward office and health posts.
Minister Gurung
pointed towards a need for creating collaboration between the NTA and Nepal
Telecom to make the internet service qualitative, cheap and reliable. “The
internet is poor even at the Singha Durbar,” he said.
He pledged facilitation
in completing the laying of optical fibre across the country. This project is
divided into three different packages and currently laying work in Province 1,
2, Bagmati, Karnali and Sudurpaschim has started while the work could not move ahead
in Gandaki and Lumbini.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 11 November 2020.
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