Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said it will be easier to free the Bangladesh society from corruption by making the best use of technology.
The prime minister was inaugurating the Upazila (sub-district) ICT Training and Resource Centres (UITRCEs) in 125 selected sub-districts through a videoconference at her office in Dhaka.
Hasina said it will also be easier to implement development projects quickly, strengthen monitoring and expedite the pace of development in the country by using technology.
The government with support from South Korean Exim Bank implemented the project involving 4bn taka. Another 160 UITRCEs will be set up under the project in its next phases.
The prime minister said the country’s education process would fully be based on information and communication technology to flourish through digital system.
She said the government will set up UITRCE in every sub-district to provide training to all teachers on information communication technology (ICT) as they can teach their students in the classrooms.
Hasina said the inauguration of these UITRCEs is a milestone in the history of the country’s education system, and mentioned that her government also set up 5,275 union digital centres while 8,000 post offices will be turned into digital centres in phases.
The prime minister said the main aim of her government is to ensure balanced development of the country and eradicate poverty through education and it is working round the clock to this end.
“The aim of our government is to reduce the income inequality between the rich and the poor … we want to develop the country where people will get a better life. Without education, we can’t eradicate poverty from the country,” she added.
Hasina said UITRCEs will be turned into full-fledged ICT training labs with all facilities, which will speed up the ICT training for the teachers and students at primary and post- primary level institutions at the grassroots.
UITRCEs will be utilised for ICT education of teachers, access to information by students, teachers, citizens, and local Education Management Information System (EMIS) data centres.