State of the Art Digital Educational Support from Dialog, Sri Lanka Air Force & EWIS for Nalanda School, Trincomalee

Sri Lanka’s premier connectivity provider, Dialog Axiata PLC partnered with the Sri Lanka Air Force and E-W Information Systems Ltd (EWIS) to provide digital educational support for Nalanda School, China Bay, Trincomalee. The computer laboratory of the school was refurbished & upgraded with new computers and several technological enablers. This need of the hour act was initiated and directed by the Commander of Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) & the Group Chief Executive of Dialog Axiata PLC.

Dialog provided Magicbit Pro units with full pluggable & sensor modules to explore creativity with technology. Magicbit is an innovation platform and a STEM tool made for the Internet of Things (loT), Robotics, Electronics & Programming. Dialog furthermore provided Nenasa TV facility and ensured that fully paid Student Broadband can be availed. Nenasa TV is a Public-Private-Partnership with the Ministry of Education; an initiative intended to support students of grades 1 to 13 through eight dedicated TV channels in Sinhala & Tamil medium. The content aired on each channel is provided and strictly monitored by the Ministry of Education. In addition, some of the furniture required for the computer laboratory was provided as well.

The Sri Lanka Air Force in China Bay provided labour and manpower for all civil work & assisted in repairing computers which needed much attention in a span of few days. E-W Information Systems Ltd provided brand new desktop computers and sourced some of the hardware required to restore the remaining machines together with Dialog.

The students and the school administration were overwhelmed by this much-in-need generosity, a need for many years. The principal of Nalanda School Mrs. Senvirathna Eapa said “We sincerely appreciate Dialog, Sri Lanka Airforce and EWIS for coming forward and providing our students with their much-needed TC facilities. Our school has made several requests to various institutions to refurbish the IT laboratory for months, and we were much surprised, and we are thankful to these gracious establishments for offering assistance even without us asking. Now it’s the responsibility of our teachers and students to make full use of these worthy donations in shaping their future.”

Dialog included teacher-student training for the use of technology and would continue to provide service & support on connectivity and together with SLAF & EWIS would continue to monitor progress the school achieves through the availed technology and assets to further assist in time. This worthy cause was executed parallel to the 10th edition of the Commanders’ Cup golf tournament in Trincomalee, which was sponsored by Dialog Enterprise.