BSS, Dhaka :
The Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP), a regional intergovernmental and autonomous organization, organized a one day e-learning workshop here for underprivileged children with an objective to develop their knowledge on different subjects by using internet.
About 20 children in the age group of 10-14 from Raierbazar’ participated in the workshop to develop their ICT skills. They were trained to access e-learning software for learning English, Mathematics, Painting, Science and General Knowledge in order to be updated with the world by using internet, said an official release of the organization here Friday.
As part of its foundation day, the CIRDAP in collaboration with Spreeha Bangladesh Foundation and Integrated Solution for Creativity and Child Education (ISCCHE) organized the function.
The objective of the workshop is to empower the underprivileged children skills using the CIRDAP Information Communication Technology (ICT) lab.
The Director General of CIRDAP Dr Cecep Effendi inaugurated the program and said CIRDAP is committed to eradicating poverty by empowering the poor people especially the children. We are very happy to organize such types of training program in CIRDAP, the Director General added.
This program will be done regularly in future for the benefit of the poor and underprivileged children.
As part of the program the children enjoyed games like football, badminton in CIRDAP play ground in the city.
The e-learning session were taken by the Executive Director of Spreeha Bangladesh Foundation Mosharrof Hossain.
