MTN Uganda has zero-rated a number of Universities online learning platforms allowing students and lecturers free access to study at home during this period of the COVID 19 lockdown.
This means that no data charges will apply to these educational websites as students and lecturers will be able to utilise them to continue with learning and teaching from home.
Like all other education institutions, the universities officially closed on March 20 after a directive from President Yoweri Museveni that all places of mass concentration suspend their operations to prevent the spread of Covid19.
Below is a list of the learning platforms that have been zero rated.
| University | Zero-rated websites |
|---|---|
| Makerere University | muele.mak.ac.ug 196.43.133.73 |
| admissions.mak.ac.ug 154.72.194.148 | |
| aims.mak.ac.ug 154.72.194.149 | |
| student.mak.ac.ug 154.72.194.150 | |
| payments.mak.ac.ug 137.63.246.6 | |
| webconf.mak.ac.ug 196.43.185.46 | |
| Uganda Christian University | https://moodle.ucu.ac.ug/ |
| https://alpha.ucu.ac.ug/ | |
| https://elearning.ucu.ac.ug/ | |
| Uganda Martyrs University | https://elearning.umu.ac.ug/ |
| International University of East Africa | https://elearning.iuea.ac.ug/ |
| Gulu University | https://elearning.gu.ac.ug/ |
| Mbarara university | https://smartlearning.must.edu.eg/ |
| Kyambogo university | https://kelms.kyu.ac.ug/ |
Makerere University Vice Chancellor Prof Barnabas Nawangwe has lauded telecommunications giant for this gesture saying it will go a long way in enabling students catch up on lost study time as they will now have access to the study materials at no cost.
At the onset of the lockdown, MTN Uganda also zero-rated a number of e-learning platforms targeting the primary and secondary students, a move which several parents lauded as it enabled them to continue their children’s learning at home.
