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2,000 schools
The Education in rural
Ministry has set itsareas
sights onto get 4G
enhancing the connectivity next
broadband connectivity year,
of some 2,000says
schools in rural
areas and the interior to 4G, under the second phase of the 1BestariNet initiative. At present, Education Minister
Education Minister
Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid said schools are using the Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) and Very Small
Aperture Terminal (VSAT), which have slow connectivity. (File pix)
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KUALA LUMPUR: The Education Ministry has set its sights on enhancing the KFC unveils fried
broadband connectivity of some 2,000 schools in rural areas and the interior to chicken and glazed
4G, under the second phase of the 1BestariNet initiative. donut sandwich
At present, Education Minister Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid said schools are using
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the Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) and Very Small Aperture Terminal FT Mufti: Show proof
(VSAT), which have slow connectivity. Malaysia's banknotes
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"The contract for the second phase was signed in July. Of course, what we want, 2
as per the contract, is for the broadband connectivity in these rural schools to be
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enhanced from ADSL and VSAT to 4G.
is spreading across
"I have already given the company responsible and the Educational Technology China
Division until early next year, at the very least to achieve the internet speed. 3
"If we are not able to enhance this, then we will have a big digital divide between North Korean who
the urban and rural schools, where only a certain segment of society gets to enjoy fled famine dies in
Seoul... of starvation
advanced technology, while others don't," he said after presenting at the National
Pembestarian Sekolah awards ceremony here today. 4
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Also present were Education Ministry Director-General Tan Sri Dr Khair Mohamad
drowns while
Yusof, Deputy Director-General (Education Development and Policy) Datuk Seri
proposing to girlfriend
Khairil Awang, Deputy Secretary-General (Education Development) Datuk Seri
underwater
Azmi Lateh, Education Technology Division director Zaidi Yazid, division directors
and state education directors.
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