Digicel Foundation will be launching a new educational television channel called Be Lit on September 27, 2021.
The Be Lit channel will focus on airing educational content for students in formal schools and will work with flexible open distance Education to produce mathematics and science series.
This is all part of Digicel PNG Foundation’s education pathways strategy.
Be Lit will air on TVWan on a three-hour block daily and will become a fully-fledged 24-hour education TV channel early 2022. Digicel PNG Foundation Chief Executive Officer, Serena Sasingian, said that this is the first major shared value project between Digicel PNG Ltd and Digicel PNG Foundation.
“Digicel recognizes the growing problem of the youth bulge. The Challenge is on us all to see how we can create opportunities for the next generation to learn skills and create employment for the youth to better their lives. Through the Be Lit education TV channel, we have collaborated with the Department of Education and The Voice Inc. and SAVE PNG to broadcast 3 hours of TV Content to schools around the country. This would not be possible without the support of Digicel PNG”, Serena Sasingian.
The Secretary of the Department of Education, Dr Uke Kombra, who was present for launching said that the Department of Education are progressing the partnership with Digicel Foundation after signing the MoU in June 2021. He said that they would be providing support to ensure that the country can be educated not just the children but adults as well.
“Where there is a school, there is a teacher but in the case where there is no teacher present, the next best option is the Education channel and this channel can play a role in ensuring there is some contact with students. We thank Digicel Foundation for an initiative that means a lot to every child and every family, when you touch education you touch every heart of Papua New Guinea”, Department of Education Secretary, Dr. Uke Kombra.
This is a major milestone for the Foundation as it formally recognizes its work in the field of Education over the last 13 years.
