Nearly 250 students in Singapore will receive new laptops for learning in an initiative rolled out by the United Overseas Bank (UOB) and its partners.
A COVID-19 relief effort, UOB My Digital Space is a regional programme that aims to support students’ digital learning as they are confined to their homes because of the pandemic.
Singapore is the first of six places to benefit from the programme. The online resources in the laptops provided to students include complimentary online subscriptions to The Straits Times and a vernacular newspaper of the students’ choice, provided by SPH.
Singtel has also provided a Wi-Fi package while UOB is in the process of setting up an online resource centre where students can explore topics including art, sustainability, financial literacy and cyber security.
The laptops will be loaned to the students for a year, with an option to extend the duration depending on their needs.
UOB said it is working with its community partners and the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth’s volunteer centres to identify students who most need the laptops in their learning.
The bank also worked with Morning Star Community Services, a charity here, to provide a Primary 4 pupil Mei Ling (not her real name) with a UOB digital learning kit.
Mr Wee Tai Seng, centre manager at Morning Star Community Services, said: “The digital learning kit provided by UOB and its partners enables Mei Ling to tap digital learning and enrichment opportunities from home while staying connected virtually with our facilitators and her friends.”
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Source: The Straits Times, 11 May 2020