Dialog Axiata with Manusath Derana extends Data Scholarships to 100,000 schoolchildren

In its continued efforts to ensure that no child is left behind in continuing their education, Dialog Axiata PLC, Sri Lanka’s premier connectivity provider, together with TV Derana endeavoured to provide 100,000 schoolchildren in need with Data Scholarships under the ‘NanaDiri Data Scholarship’ programme to facilitate their online learning from home.

Through the NanaDiri Data Scholarship programme, which is part of the ‘Dialog Axiata with Manusath Derana’ initiative, each student will be offered 10GB Data for online learning and educational purposes for 3 months. Under this initiative, NenaDiri Data Scholarships were awarded to students at Angulugaha Maha Vidyalaya, Galle on 14th June with the participation of Ministry of Education officials and Dialog representatives.

“We cannot allow the pandemic to deprive our children of their education and development,” Minister of Education, Hon. Prof. G L Peiris MP stressed, continuing “We are grateful to Dialog and Manusath Derana for stepping forward during these turbulent times and providing these schoolchildren in need the opportunity to continue their online learning while also providing some form of financial relief to parents in the process. We are pleased to be a part of this great initiative driven by the collective aim of providing children that are most in need with a chance for a brighter future.”