GP, Prothom
Alo launch internet festival
Grameenphone
and Prothom Alo yesterday launched a countrywide campaign to spread the power
of internet among students.
The campaign
that will run for around 100 days will pull in 1,000 school and college
students, organisers said at a press conference at Ruposhi Bangla Hotel in the
capital.
The opening
event of Grameenphone-Prothom Alo Internet Utsav will take place in Nawabganj
Pilot High School at Dohar, an upazila in Dhaka district, on Tuesday.
Participants
will be shown how they can explore the world by the mobile internet, said Syed
Tahmeed Azizul Huq, head of market communications of Grameenphone.
He said a
quiz competition will be held at each event where the participants will be
allowed to browse the internet to find the answers. The winners will be
declared ‘i-Genius’.
The
‘i-Genus’ will be considered as the internet ambassador to help spread the
benefits of web in the community.
Under the
campaign, there will be a number of audiovisual presentations on the benefits
of internet so that students can learn the way the internet can enlighten their
lives.
In the
events, there will be interactive game sessions for the audience where they can
win attractive prizes by active participation.
Matiur
Rahman, editor of Prothom Alo, said the initiative was taken to attract
students to the internet. The country’s most-read newspaper will always be
working closely to promote such initiative to empower the youth, he said.
“Prothom Alo
is delighted to be a partner with Grameenphone hosting the programme across the
nation,” said Rahman.
Mahfuzur
Rahman, executive director of Bangladesh Computer Council, said once the
government’s goal had been to reach books to the students but now it has
shifted to the internet and ICT tools.
Bangladesh
lags behind in terms of internet use from neighbouring countries though the
country is under full coverage, said Kazi Monirul Kabir, chief communications
officer of the mobile operator.
Kabir said
the internet festival is a unique initiative to bring the government’s dream of
Digital Bangladesh a step forward. The programme will help them understand the
power of internet, he said.
The science
and information and communication technology ministry supports the event as a
strategic endorser while Opera Mini as the browser partner. Courtesy
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