The Governor of Osun State, His Excellency, Adegboyega
Oyetola, is also expected at the event as a Special Guest of Honour.
The DNC, hitherto known as School Knowledge Centre (SNC),
targets students and youths for skills acquisition in order to increase
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) literacy among school teachers
and students; provide a platform for accessing online educational resources;
equip students with ICT skills; facilitate ICT adoption in teaching and
learning; and increase pass rate in mathematics, English language and other
science subjects.
This project, the first to be commissioned in Osun State
since the modification of the project as DNC, is located at the Ijesa Muslim
Grammar School, Ilesa.
The four components of the DNC include ICT Tool component
(made up of 40 desktop computers with embedded operating systems, server,
printer, remote-controlled projector, high resolution scanner, and e-learning
software). Another component is the Power structure, consisting of an inverter
that comes with its charger, solar panels, batteries and automatic changeover.
There is also a Connectivity component, made up of routers,
switches, firewall for network protection, modem, fibre/microwave radio or VSAT
and bandwidth for internet connectivity. Finally, there is a non-ICT component
constitutive of the furniture, cabinet, cooling systems, and allied appliances.
The DNC is a project of the Universal Service Provision Fund
(USPF), an arm of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), established
under the Nigerian Communications Act (NCA) 2003 with the overarching objective
to carry out the Commission’s statutory mandate of expanding the frontiers of
universal access and universal service by ensuring service provision to
unserved and under-served areas of the Nigerian economy.
Therefore, as mandated by NCA 2003, the USPF promotes the
widespread availability and usage of network and application services
throughout Nigeria by encouraging the installation of network facilities and
the provision of network services and applications services to institutions,
particularly in unserved and underserved areas and for underserved groups
within the community.
Since inception in 2006, the USPF under NCC supervision and
directive of the Honourable Minister, has implemented series of programmes and
projects that promote ICT inclusion and adoption to mainstream accessibility to
communication services for citizens and position Nigeria for global
competitiveness in the emergent digital culture.
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