Telkom, MTN and Cell C have announced they will allow university students access academic materials at no cost while #FeesMustFall protests are still on, techcentral reports.
A number of universities have made lecture and study material available online allowing students to continue studying even out of campus.
The report further reveals that this will offer a solution to allow universities to provide free access to academic materials for students, even if they’re out of data or airtime.
From the Report:
“Telkom is reaching out to academic institutions throughout South Africa to implement this solution. Students will be able to buy and Rica Sim cards from Telkom stores, national chains and participating dealers,” the company said.
Students accessing academic material via Telkom’s Internet service provider will also benefit from free data as Telkom already zero-rates this traffic, it added.
MTN South Africa CEO Mteto Nyati said his company took the decision to provide free access to online educational content in order to assist students and academic institutions to salvage the 2016 academic year.
“As MTN, we are mindful of the backlog that students and academic institutions are facing, and we believe that this gesture will help to maintain continuity and expedite access to much-needed educational content,” Nyati said.
Cell C CEO Jose Dos Santos, meanwhile, said that the decision to zero-rate access to educational content will “complement the free basic Internet services, including Wikipedia and other information-based sites, that are already available to Cell C’s customers free of charge through Facebook’s FreeBasics (formerly Internet.org).”
SOURCE: techcentral
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