BCS shows road through Digital Education Project

Guests at the event hand over a computer to poet Nirmolendu Gun, who runs a school at Netrokona district.

The 'Digital Bangladesh' slogan is getting momentum day by day through the involvement of the stakeholders from the society. As such, Bangladesh Computer Samity (BCS) took an initiative to disseminate the technology in education and build up awareness among the teachers and students about its use with a slogan 'BCS Digital Education Project'. BCS distributed a complete computer with internet connection, various digital education materials and equipments in 50 schools in an initial stage of the progra-mme. These schools will also be used as mass communication centres locally.
Yeafesh Osman, state minister for science, information and communication technology, while addressing the computer distribution programme at IDB Bhaban auditorium as chief guest said the government took short, mid and long term work plans and is keen to implement these plans. And this initiative is a great milestone to accomplish the dream of digital Bangladesh. If this initiative can be implemented successfully in future, it is possible to give the country a new shape. He also sought support from the non-government sectors for the huge work.
Mostafa Jabbar, president of BCS, presided the ceremony and said it was a historical moment for the country's technology education and its dissemination. BCS started the journey through distributing the computers among the schools and it would be continued, he added describing his organisation's digital education project's aims, objectives and plans.
Among others, poet Nirmolendu Gun, Md Zahid Hossain, acting secretary of Communication Ministry, Ishtiaq Hossain Chowdhury of GrameenPhone Limited and Aziz Rahman, managing director of Index IT Limited, spoke in the function.
The speakers said all the students, teachers and employees of the school will be able to develop skill of the technological literacy among themselves through this project. Besides, this initiative will also support them for practical education and will meet the demand for information. The local people will be able to use these schools as mass communication centres for their necessary information and will get necessary instructions.
Index IT Ltd provided 50 computers, GrameenPhone Ltd assisted with internet connection with modem and Smart Technologies (BD) Ltd while Orient Computer, Excel Technologies, Epsilon Systems and Solutions Ltd, Bdjobs dot com, Beta Bangladesh Ltd, Unique Business Systems, Bijoy Digital, Bangladesh Open Source Network, The Computers Limited, Colours of Bangladesh and Techno BD stepped forward with different support.