IT study to be made compulsory in SSC, HSC

The government will make computer and information technology a compulsory subject for the class-IX, X and higher secondary students for spreading computer education in the country.
"Besides, the present textbooks will be made easy and attractive," said an official announcement yesterday.
The decision came at a meeting presided over by Education Adviser Dr Hossain Zillur Rahman.
The meeting stressed the need for formulating an easy and attractive curriculum on computer and ICT.
The issue of providing educational institutions with computers and appointing computer technicians to facilitate computer education across the country was also discussed at the meeting.
Only 4.5 percent students are currently studying computer science at secondary and higher-secondary levels in the country, as it is not a compulsory subject.
Education Secretary M Momtajul Islam and Science and ICT secretary Sheikh M Wahiduzzaman, among others, were present.