MultiChoice To Launch MRC in Osun, Delta State.

MultiChoice Nigeria; the nation’s leading pay TV subscription management company is set to launch another set of the MultiChoice Resource Centres; a Corporate Social Investment (CSI) project aimed at empowering both teachers and students with skills in information and communication technologies (ICTs), in Osun and Delta States. Speaking on the upcoming launch in these States, Mr. John Ugbe; Managing Director of MultiChoice Nigeria said that his company is determined to contribute a meaningful quota in improving cognitive and other forms of learning in public schools in the country by leveraging on its assets and expertise to contribute to the overall development of the nation’s educational sector. He said that it is only through concerted efforts by public and private stakeholders that the country can positively turn around the reins of education Mr. Ugbe explained that beneficiary schools of the resource center will have access to the Special MultiChoice Education Bouquet, which includes: Discovery Channel, National Geographic, BBC Knowledge, BBC World, History Channel, Animal Planet and Mindset Learn, at no cost. “In addition to our decoder, we will also provide each school with a DVD recorder, a TV set, a power generating set, tables and chairs, among other accessories.” He said. MultiChoice Nigeria’s Head; Corporate Communications, Mr. Segun Fayose, noted that the project which commenced in 2004 in Lagos and Abuja has since been launched in 21 States across the country in 201 schools. He says that MultiChoice Nigeria aims to take the resource centre to all the states of the federation at the shortest possible time. He said the company is buoyed by the positive feedback it got from a recent tour of centres to assess the impact of the project on learning and development on the students and teachers Mrs. Ronke Bello, Deputy National Director, SchoolNet Nigeria; the implementing partner to the project, said: “Osun and Delta States has demonstrated its readiness to move to the next level in educational development by accepting the MultiChoice Resource Centre facilities in their States. “Over fifty teachers from the beneficiary schools will be trained as master trainers to help coordinate the center and train other teachers with a view to ensuring effective use of the facilities’ She remarked. The MultiChoice Resource Center project is a Corporate Social Responsibility project of MultiChoice Nigeria, which is being implemented in partnership with SchoolNet Nigeria; a non-governmental organization of stakeholders in education committed to the effective use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for enhancing teaching, learning and management processes in Nigerian education system.