Digi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd (Digi) has shared that it has powered up free 4G WiFi at 12 People’s Housing Programme (PPR) in Perlis, Perak, Terengganu, Melaka, and Johor in its effort to help making online learning more convenient for students among the B40 communities until the end of April.
The free internet access provided by Digi at PPR let thousands of students to attend online classes through the government’s home-based teaching and learning (PdPR) programme as the school got closed due to the MCO.
Digi has already had wireless routers installed at common facilities within the PPR vicinity, such as in the community library, office rooms, and even suraus. This is to ensure the B40 students have access to quality high-speed internet on Digi’s 4G network for uninterrupted online classroom sessions within the last 2 months.
11 Community Internet Centres (PIK) managed by Digi in Selangor, Terengganu, Negeri Sembilan and Johor have also extended its operating hours from 9am to 9pm daily.
This extension will allow students to use the facilities and devices available to support their online learning needs, with strict adherence to safety standard operating procedures (SOP).
The PIK also provides students access to additional learning resources such as Jom Tuisyen, the leading e-learning platform in Malaysia. The platform contains a wide collection of multilingual interactive videos covering more than 180 core and elective subjects, closely following the syllabus set by the Ministry of Education (MOE).
More than 150 Jom Tuisyen sessions have been conducted at the PIK since the beginning of this year which profited close to 3,000 students for SPM exams.
Digi also has been catering its customers free 30GB data per month (1GB daily) for productivity and learning tools, over and above customers’ monthly data allocation from their existing plans since last year.
Back in January, Digi introduced the Special Data Package for SPM, STPM students as well as students in higher-learning institutions, offering 15GB of prepaid data passes per month for just RM20.
All these initiatives are part of Digi’s commitment to continuously support the government in providing connectivity relief to B40 households, as announced by the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia recently.