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Dialog Telekom will provide free satellite technology to the "Nenasa" educational channel that will be launched in May 2008 together with the Ministry of Education.

"Nenasa" will be completely dedicated to broadcasting educational programmes and will air educational programs catering to the Ordinary Level and Advance Level Syllabus in all three languages. The National Institute of Education (NIE) will be the advisory for this channel.

This channel is mainly to be focused on areas where there is a shortage of teachers. Dialog Telekom will also donate 900 television units and 100 projectors to selected schools around the country. The channel will be supplemented by a Learning Management System (LMS) which was developed by the Dialog-University of Moratuwa Communication Research Laboratory through which the interactive element will be facilitated.

The primary focus of the programmes on Nenasa will be Advanced Level and Ordinary Level subjects in Sinhala and Tamil. In addition to these, teacher training and skill development will be included in the program line-up. The programs will be produced by in-house technicians at NIE, with experienced teachers conducting the lessons. Apart from the lessons on syllabus content, documentary-type programs will also be produced with on-location filming. Additional programs will be sourced from external sources where possible

"Through this initiative we are able to utilise Dialog's technological capacity to the betterment of the future generation of our country,” said Mr. Mothilal De Silva, Group Chief Corporate Officer. “Together with the Ministry of Education (MoE) we are able to give rural students the opportunity to engage in interactive learning from experienced teachers, through the use of state of the art satellite technology."

Dialog Telekom's Corporate Responsibility practice focuses on reaching out to all segments of society regardless of demographic disparity, to enrich the nation through inclusion. The company is committed to serving the nation in support of national development goals through its community outreach initiatives while maintaining highest ethics in operational spheres by good governance. The best practices imbued through its Corporate Responsibility initiatives have earned Dialog three consecutive World GSM Awards. Web: Dialog CR

Dialog Telekom, an ISO 9001 certified company, is a subsidiary of Telekom Malaysia. Dialog operates 2.5G and 3G Mobile Communications networks supporting the very latest in multimedia and mobile Internet services. The Company has the distinction of being the first 3G operator in South Asia to commence commercial operations. Its local coverage spans all provinces of Sri Lanka, while international roaming is provided in over 200 countries. Dialog Telekom, the largest and fastest growing cellular service in Sri Lanka, serves a subscriber base in excess of 4 Million Sri Lankans.