Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology has announced that it will provide free internet to students from Ashoj, 2077.
Ministry has also started making necessary arrangements for free internet to students and schools to facilitate e-learning/online classes.
Since the COVID-19 situation has made e-learning a mandatory obligation to everyone, it has made receiving alternative education and joining classes difficult for a lot of students. This is because not everyone can afford the internet in every part of the country. So, to ease the situation, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology announced to provide free internet to the students for the operation of the academic session.
It is provisioned in the “Student Learning Facilitation Guideline” that was passed on 19 Bhadra by the ministerial decision. This also includes free downloads of educational material from the Ministry sites (like Shikayi Chautari, Curriculum center, DoE) and provide free internet to the students to assist the e-learning process.
Moreover, the guideline also clearly mentions the role of the Ministry to provide free or subsidized data packages to schools and students. The data package would be from Nepal Telecom and other internet service providers for educational purposes only.
As known, the Ministry of Education has instructed the federal, state, and local level bodies and stakeholders for the mandatory implementation of this directive from Ashoj 1, 2077.
The information on the implementation of the directive issued by the Ministry states that the government at all three levels should implement the directive in order to achieve an alternative way of learning in this COVID-19 pandemic. These e-learning achievements are specified in the National Curriculum Draft to create a favorable environment for students to learn online.
Source: https://www.nepalitelecom.com/free-internet-for-students-online-learning