Employment for persons with disabilities demanded
City Desk :
A day-long job fair for persons with disabilities, aimed at drumming up support for their employment, was held at Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) Bhaban at Agargaon in the city on Thursday.
Supported by Leonard Cheshire Disability and Accenture, the BCC and Centre for Services and Information on Disability (CSID) jointly organized the fair titled ‘The Decent Employment of Persons with Disabilities’.
High officials of 20 private companies attended the fair and they recruited 32 persons with disabilities after taking their interviews at the fair, which is the first ever public-private joint initiative.
A discussion was also held on the occasion.
Secretary of Social Welfare Ministry Nasima Begum, Secretary of Information and ICT Division Shyamsundar Sikder, Country Director of Sightsavers Dr. Golam Kibria, Executive Director of BCC SM Ashraful Islam, Executive Director of CSID Khandaker Jahurul Alam, among others, spoke at the discussion.
State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak, through skype conversation from his constituency Natore, addressed the function.
A large number of persons with disabilities and public and private officials were also present.
Speaking at the function, the speakers called upon all concerned to create a congenial atmosphere so that persons with disabilities can easily get employment opportunities.
The function was told that persons with disabilities comprise 10 percent of the country’s total population.
A day-long job fair for persons with disabilities, aimed at drumming up support for their employment, was held at Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) Bhaban at Agargaon in the city on Thursday.
Supported by Leonard Cheshire Disability and Accenture, the BCC and Centre for Services and Information on Disability (CSID) jointly organized the fair titled ‘The Decent Employment of Persons with Disabilities’.
High officials of 20 private companies attended the fair and they recruited 32 persons with disabilities after taking their interviews at the fair, which is the first ever public-private joint initiative.
A discussion was also held on the occasion.
Secretary of Social Welfare Ministry Nasima Begum, Secretary of Information and ICT Division Shyamsundar Sikder, Country Director of Sightsavers Dr. Golam Kibria, Executive Director of BCC SM Ashraful Islam, Executive Director of CSID Khandaker Jahurul Alam, among others, spoke at the discussion.
State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak, through skype conversation from his constituency Natore, addressed the function.
A large number of persons with disabilities and public and private officials were also present.
Speaking at the function, the speakers called upon all concerned to create a congenial atmosphere so that persons with disabilities can easily get employment opportunities.
The function was told that persons with disabilities comprise 10 percent of the country’s total population.