Speaker of Bangladesh National Parliament Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has said that the present government has provided IT training at the grassroots level. Technical education is being given utmost importance in education system, she also said.
She said these while speaking as the chief guest at a function at Mirpur Agricultural Workshop and Training School (MAWTS) in the capital on Friday (November 24, 2023). The function was arranged on the occasion of its golden jubilee celebration of the institution.
In her speech, Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury stressed the need for utilising the potential of the country’s young generation in the age of globalisation.
She said that freelancers have been created in villages and districts, who are earning money by working from their homes. In this way, all should work together with the determination to establish a smart Bangladesh, she added.
The Speaker also said the Awami League government has been working to build smart Bangladesh under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Bangladesh today has achieved a tremendous progress in the field of education, while the country’s people are moving forward by embracing information technology, she said.
Noting that optimum use of technology must be ensued, Dr Shirin said it has been announced that a smart Bangladesh will be built involving the current and future generations, so the young generation has no scope to look back.
Gloria Jharna Sarkar, MP, Jewel Areng, MP, former Governor of Bangladesh Bank Dr Atiur Rahman Chairman, Chairman of Bangladesh Technical Education Board Md Ali Akbar Khan and Managing Director of PKSF Namita Halder, among others, spoke at the function.