IT education at schools ,colleges
WHEN the government envisages building a Digital Bangladesh, the news that computer studies at secondary and higher secondary levels are conducted without specialized teachers in the state-run educational institutions is indeed appalling. It is unbelievable that governments have not created any permanent post for teachers in this discipline at 570 schools and colleges since introducing the subject fifteen years ago. Classes are conducted by teachers of other subjects that too in makeshift arrangements.
The current situation, if not redressed would jeopardize the progressive plans of the government with regards to spread of IT education.
By contrast, private educational institutions run by government subsidy have permanent posts for this field. They have efficient IT teaching staff enabling students to flourish in computer education.
While the students take keen interest in the subject the government lags behind in making the infrastructure available. Strangely, there's still no recruitment provision of IT teachers in the staffing pattern and there's no sign of efforts to create such posts. Situation is worse in the Upazila levels where teachers seldom use computers for teaching.
Sadly, many institutions have neither computers nor teachers. Education experts and teachers have underscored the need for making computer education, which is now optional, compulsory to help implant IT skills in talented minds which will stand them in good stead in the cyber world.
Here computer is not only a tool for information but also an integral part of the learning process. We should modernize the learning methods at all levels. There's been a huge demand and enthusiasm among all classes of students starting from Upazilas for IT education. Hence the opportunity to rear a strong IT proficient generation for the future. This prospect should not be squandered. Digital Bangladesh is only possible if we have an army of IT educated force.
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