Intel, VNPT provide low-cost computers for teachers
Intel Semiconductor Inc. and the
Vietnam Post and Telecommunication Group (VNPT) launched a programme
entitled “Each Teacher – One Computer” in Ho Chi Minh City on January
29.
Intel Semiconductor Inc. and the
Vietnam Post and Telecommunication Group (VNPT) launched a programme
entitled “Each Teacher – One Computer” in Ho Chi Minh City on January
29.
The programme will provide teachers, students and schools in Ho Chi Minh City with low-priced laptops accompanied with Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) services, helping increase the number of computers being used and broadband Internet connectivity in the city.
Under the programme, CMS laptops will be sold at a price that is 800,000 VND lower than the market price. Targeted customers will enjoy VNPT’s broadband service package with discounts of up to 80 percent for schools and 30 percent for teachers. The discounts will be applied at VNPT’s 30 retail shops and 200 agents in Ho Chi Minh City.
The activities are part of the “Education PC” programme signed between Intel and the Ministry of Education and Training in April 2009, which aims to improve teaching skills and modernise Vietnam’s educational agencies by 2011.
According to Intel General Director in Southeast Asia Debjani Ghosh, the programme will bring benefit and value to both Intel and VNPT. It will contribute to increasing the rate of computer use among 1 million teachers nationwide from 10 percent to 15 percent, she said.
On the occasion, VNPT presented two computer rooms to two secondary schools in Cu Chi and Can Gio districts, each equipped with ten computers using Intel’s microprocessors./.
The programme will provide teachers, students and schools in Ho Chi Minh City with low-priced laptops accompanied with Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) services, helping increase the number of computers being used and broadband Internet connectivity in the city.
Under the programme, CMS laptops will be sold at a price that is 800,000 VND lower than the market price. Targeted customers will enjoy VNPT’s broadband service package with discounts of up to 80 percent for schools and 30 percent for teachers. The discounts will be applied at VNPT’s 30 retail shops and 200 agents in Ho Chi Minh City.
The activities are part of the “Education PC” programme signed between Intel and the Ministry of Education and Training in April 2009, which aims to improve teaching skills and modernise Vietnam’s educational agencies by 2011.
According to Intel General Director in Southeast Asia Debjani Ghosh, the programme will bring benefit and value to both Intel and VNPT. It will contribute to increasing the rate of computer use among 1 million teachers nationwide from 10 percent to 15 percent, she said.
On the occasion, VNPT presented two computer rooms to two secondary schools in Cu Chi and Can Gio districts, each equipped with ten computers using Intel’s microprocessors./.
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