IT expansion connecting rural people with ‘global village’

Satkhira: Speakers at a workshop here yesterday said the expansion of IT under the government’s initiative to build ‘Digital Bangladesh’ is helping rural people get connected with the ‘global village’, reports UNB.Speaking at the concluding session of a workshop, they also said there will be no digital discrepancy among the rural and urban people if the government’s different initiatives to expand IT services up to rural areas are successfully implemented, ensuring people’s equal access to IT and IT-based services.
Trinomuler Tathyajanala Programme of ICT Division and Tathyaseba Barta Sangstha (TSB) jointly organised the programme at Circuit House auditorium.
ICT Division additional secretary Susanta Kumar Saha said the government has set up 4,550 Union Digital Centers (UDCs) across the country. “The entrepreneurs of these centres have been providing services to people helping the government implement its plan to reduce digital divide.”
The entrepreneurs are being given training to enhance their skills in writing reports and news features to develop them as info leaders, and conducting e-commerce and outsourcing to turn the UDCs as mini-business process outsourcing centres (BPO), he said.
Journalist Ajit Kumar Sarkar said the use of IT and the online delivery services have been contributing towards bringing a change in the socio-economic condition of people.
Mentioning that the rural economy is being revamped due to the use of IT in business, cultivation and even buying and trading of products, he said rural people are now being connected with the ‘global village’ as the government has made available internet connectivity at UDCs, smart phones and other digital devices.
Chaired by Satkhira Deputy Commissioner Abul Kashem Mohiuddin, the function was addressed, among others, by TSB Assistant Editor Protik Mahmud, according to a press release.
Access to Information Programme of Prime Minister’s Office is providing assistance and TSB is working as an implementation associate of the three-year long Trinomuler Tathyajanala Programme.

 

IT expansion connecting rural people with global village

Satkhira: Speakers at a workshop here yesterday said the expansion of IT under the governments initiative to build Digital Bangladesh is helping rural people get connected with the global village, reports UNB.Speaking at the concluding session of a workshop, they also said there will be no digital discrepancy among the rural and urban people if the governments different initiatives to expand IT services up to rural areas are successfully implemented, ensuring peoples equal access to IT and IT-based services. Trinomuler Tathyajanala Programme of ICT Division and Tathyaseba Barta Sangstha (TSB) jointly organised the programme at Circuit House auditorium. ICT Division additional secretary Susanta Kumar Saha said the government has set up 4,550 Union Digital Centers (UDCs) across the country. The entrepreneurs of these centres have been providing services to people helping the government implement its plan to reduce digital divide. The entrepreneurs are being given training to enhance their skills in writing reports and news features to develop them as info leaders, and conducting e-commerce and outsourcing to turn the UDCs as mini-business process outsourcing centres (BPO), he said. Journalist Ajit Kumar Sarkar said the use of IT and the online delivery services have been contributing towards bringing a change in the socio-economic condition of people. Mentioning that the rural economy is being revamped due to the use of IT in business, cultivation and even buying and trading of products, he said rural people are now being connected with the global village as the government has made available internet connectivity at UDCs, smart phones and other digital devices. Chaired by Satkhira Deputy Commissioner Abul Kashem Mohiuddin, the function was addressed, among others, by TSB Assistant Editor Protik Mahmud, according to a press release. Access to Information Programme of Prime Ministers Office is providing assistance and TSB is working as an implementation associate of the three-year long Trinomuler Tathyajanala Programme.