Effective IT education for Digital Bangladesh

The president, during the convocation speech at the Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET), emphasized the need to equip engineers with the latest knowledge so that they can play a vital role in the progress of the country. The call becomes more significant since Bangladesh is now a developing state boldly eyeing developed state in the decades to come. For many, this aspiration may appear over ambitious though it’s a fact that unless there is a vision, improvement in life, society in general will hit a snag.

The Digital Bangladesh drive is ongoing with the touch of Internet-based services in almost all sectors of life. While on one hand this reduces unnecessary harassment, on the other, creates a system devoid of red-tape.

However, to take the digital dream to the remote parts of the country, a nation-wide movement is essential where IT graduates, engineers will play a part. For too long, university graduates in Bangladesh were content following age-old, often obsolete work methods. This blind adherence to formulaic methods should be brought down with a unified creative impulse.

Today’s engineers and graduates from all other departments should be taught to look at society transforming projects from a new angle. Only promotion of critical thought can ensure this. Therefore, at the universities, the denigrating treatment of unconventional approaches plus unorthodox outlooks must stop.

Being a member of a developing fraternity, Bangladesh will enjoy a heightened status but at the same time, she will now have to compete with others in the same bracket to be noticed. This means, transformations in all areas, jettisoning dated notions, welcoming new thoughts, no matter how daunting they may seem at first.

Keeping in mind the large amount of foreign currency that is remitted to the country from workers overseas, the aspiration of the moment should be to bag white collar jobs abroad elevating from the usual blue collar ones. This can be attained when our graduates are experts in the latest trends globally. Bangladesh, for a long time, sent semi-skilled manual workers abroad; now we need to explore markets for skilled professionals.

The government has to take the initiative to enter into agreements with other developed states because without a state to state understanding, skilled Bangladeshis won’t be able to compete for international jobs. Several other nations enjoy such overseas employment benefits and we must follow their example. In addition, our IT experts/engineers must be given the chance to vie for top positions and not be blocked by a glass ceiling. 

 

Effective IT education for Digital Bangladesh

The president, during the convocation speech at the Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET), emphasized the need to equip engineers with the latest knowledge so that they can play a vital role in the progress of the country. The call becomes more significant since Bangladesh is now a developing state boldly eyeing developed state in the decades to come. For many, this aspiration may appear over ambitious though its a fact that unless there is a vision, improvement in life, society in general will hit a snag. The Digital Bangladesh drive is ongoing with the touch of Internet-based services in almost all sectors of life. While on one hand this reduces unnecessary harassment, on the other, creates a system devoid of red-tape. However, to take the digital dream to the remote parts of the country, a nation-wide movement is essential where IT graduates, engineers will play a part. For too long, university graduates in Bangladesh were content following age-old, often obsolete work methods. This blind adherence to formulaic methods should be brought down with a unified creative impulse. Todays engineers and graduates from all other departments should be taught to look at society transforming projects from a new angle. Only promotion of critical thought can ensure this. Therefore, at the universities, the denigrating treatment of unconventional approaches plus unorthodox outlooks must stop. Being a member of a developing fraternity, Bangladesh will enjoy a heightened status but at the same time, she will now have to compete with others in the same bracket to be noticed. This means, transformations in all areas, jettisoning dated notions, welcoming new thoughts, no matter how daunting they may seem at first. Keeping in mind the large amount of foreign currency that is remitted to the country from workers overseas, the aspiration of the moment should be to bag white collar jobs abroad elevating from the usual blue collar ones. This can be attained when our graduates are experts in the latest trends globally. Bangladesh, for a long time, sent semi-skilled manual workers abroad; now we need to explore markets for skilled professionals. The government has to take the initiative to enter into agreements with other developed states because without a state to state understanding, skilled Bangladeshis wont be able to compete for international jobs. Several other nations enjoy such overseas employment benefits and we must follow their example. In addition, our IT experts/engineers must be given the chance to vie for top positions and not be blocked by a glass ceiling.