Govt to provide digital skills training to 80,000 students

UNB :
The government is set to provide training to 80,000 students and graduates over the next two years through public universities under a programme titled “Digital Skills Training for Students” aimed at creating employment.
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed in this regard between the World Bank-financed Enhancing Digital Government and Economy (EDGE) Project of the Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC), under the ICT Division, and 28 public universities on Thursday at the EDGE conference room at Mirpur Youth Tower.
EDGE Project Director Md Shakhawat Hossain and teachers and representatives from 28 universities, including Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET), Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University (CUET) separately signed the MoU. More public universities will be included in phases to provide digital skills training for students.
The MoU was followed by a workshop that was addressed, among others, by ICT Secretary Md. Shamsul Arefin, Md. Shakhawat Hossain, Director of BCC Md. Abu Sayed, Policy Adviser of EDGE Project Abdul Bari and Team Leader of Smart Leadership Academy Dr. Md. Mahfuzul Islam Shamim, head of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) Department of BUET Professor Mahmauda Naznin, Professor of CSE department of Dhaka University Rabiul Islam and Professor of Chittagong University Sanaullah Chowdhury.