MTN Rwanda Friday inaugurated an ‘ICT School Project’ at Rusumo High School where a fully connected lab with 36 computers was opened under the flagship of MTN Foundation, the company’s corporate social responsibility program.
MTN officials including Zulfat Mukarubega, a board member of MTN Foundation, visited Rusumo High School where they officially opened the lab.
Paul Mugemangago the Senior Manager, Legal and Corporate Affairs at MTN Rwanda said, “MTN supports education and ICT as part of our corporate social responsibility. Within education this project termed as ‘ICT School Connect’, is designed to enable teachers and pupils in secondary schools gain practical skills on the usage and understanding of ICT and how it can add value to their lives.”
“Since the project was inaugurated in 2010 it also allows them have access to Internet in their own locality and premises. This is a way of MTN Rwanda empowering young people so that in the future they can become of economic relevance to the country,” he added.
Already 6 high schools from different provinces have benefited from the project. They include Essa High School in Musanze, Ste Bernadette in Huye, Kabarondo High School, Kanombe High School, ESG Rubavu and Gihundwe high School
Overall MTN Rwanda has donated over 250 computers in these schools, across the country with more 5,500 students and 300 teachers benefiting from the project to leverage ICT in education in collaboration with the Ministry of Education (MINEDUC).
During the year 2010/11 about Rwf150 million has been spent on ‘ICT Connect School’ projects. In 2012 two more schools are scheduled to benefit from the same project.
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