Information and communication technology (ICT) is the best means to eliminate poverty. Microsoft Bangladesh Limited Country Manager Feroz Mahmud said this while speaking as the chief guest at the certificate distribution ceremony of the trainees of 'Partners in Learning.' The ceremony was jointly organised by Northern University Bangladesh (NUB) and Microsoft Bangladesh at the NUB auditorium in the city Monday. IBAT Trust Chairman M Shamsul Haque, chaired the ceremony. Microsoft Manager (Public Sector) KM Imran Al-Amin and NUB Treasurer M. Abu Bakar Siddique among others spoke at the function. Microsoft Bangladesh Education Programme Manager Farid Ahmed was also present on the occasion.
The Microsoft country manager urged the teachers and students to be equipped with modern technology so that they can face the challenge of the 21st century. ICT education is urgently needed to promote all sectors of the country, Firoz Mahmud said. Bangladesh is the 101st country, which signed the 'Partners in Learning' programme, he pointed out. Teachers as well as students will be benefited from the training and it will help create an IT-based new generation in the country, he said. About ten thousand teachers will be given training under this programme across the country, he added. IBAT Trust chairman expressed the hope that this programme would be expanded to the village level schools and colleges so that the rural students would get the benefit of the information technology.
The function followed by a ceremony to award certificates among two hundred participants, who completed the training programme.
Source:FE.
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