PM unveils Tk 403cr ICT resource centre project
�Country�s 8,000 post offices to be turned into digital centres�
UNB
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the main aim of her government is to ensure balanced development of the country and eradicate poverty through education and it is working round the clock to this end, reports UNB.
The aim of our government is to reduce the income inequality between the rich and the poor.we want to develop the country where people will get a better life. Without education, we cant eradicate poverty from the country, she added.
The Prime Minister said this while simultaneously inaugurating the Upazila ICT Training and Resource Centres (UITRCEs) in 125 selected upazilas through a videoconference at her office in the capital.
Hasian said it will be easier to free this society from corruption by making the best use of technology. It will also be easier to implement development projects quickly, strengthen monitoring and expedite the pace of development in the country by using technology, she added.
The government with support from Korean Exim Bank implemented the project involving Tk 403 crore. Another 160 UITRCEs will be set up under the project in its next phases.
The Prime Minister said the countrys education process would fully be based on information and communication technology to flourish through digital system.
She said her government will set up UITRCE in every upazila to provide training to all teachers on ICT as they can teach their students in the classroom.
Hasina said the inauguration of these UITRCEs is a milestone in the history of the countrys education system, and mentioned that her government also set up 5,275 union digital centres while 8,000 post offices will be turned into digital centres in phases.
Hasina said the UITRCEs will be turned into full-fledged ICT training labs with all facilities, which will speed up the ICT training for the teachers and students at primary and post- primary level institutions at the grassroots.
The UITRCEs will be utilised for ICT education of teachers, access to information by students, teachers, citizens, and local Education Management Information System (EMIS) data centres.
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid and South Korean Ambassador to Bangladesh Ahn Seong-doo were present as special guests at the function, held with Education Secretary Sohrab Hossain in the chair. Director of Bangladesh Bureau of Educational Information Statistics (BANBEIS) and Project Director of the UITRCE M Fasiullah also spoke onthe occasion.
