UNB, Dhaka :
The Cabinet on Monday approved in principle the draft of the Digital University, Bangladesh Bill, 2014, aiming to improve the standard of ICT education and thus gear up the country’s development activities.
The approval was given at the regular weekly meeting of the Cabinet held at Bangladesh Secretariat with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.
After the meeting, Cabinet Secretary M Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan briefed reporters.
He said, the proposed university, a priority project of the government, would be set up near the
High-Tech Park in Gazipur district soon after name of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
The proposed law has a provision of offering high-salary packages to attract qualified local and foreign ICT experts as teachers of the university. Apart from regular academic activities, the university would offer online and distant learning facilities, too.
The university would have links with the ICT industries of the country so that its students could get a chance for working in these industries. The Chancellor of the University would nominate two entrepreneurs of the ICT industries for sharing their experiences with its students.
The Cabinet also approved the proposal for expanding the National Service Programme for 17 upazilas of 17 districts, Musharraf Hossain said. The Cabinet Secretary said the programme will start in January 2015 and continue till December 17 of the same year. The districts and upazilas have been selected from the poverty map of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics where the poverty is acute.
The upazilas are Mehediganj in Barisal, Ghosairhat, Shariatpur, Dewanganj in Jamalpur, Nandail in Mymensingh, Kaukhali in Pirojpur, Haimchar in Chandpur, Sherpur Sadar, Shayamnagar in Satkhira, Nalchiti in Jhalakati, Mohammadpur in Magura, Goalanda in Rajbari, Chitalmari in Bagerhat, Chouhali in Sirajganj, Thanchi in Bandarban, Singra in Natore, Terokhada in Khulna and Monohorganj in Comilla.
The Cabinet on Monday approved in principle the draft of the Digital University, Bangladesh Bill, 2014, aiming to improve the standard of ICT education and thus gear up the country’s development activities.
The approval was given at the regular weekly meeting of the Cabinet held at Bangladesh Secretariat with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.
After the meeting, Cabinet Secretary M Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan briefed reporters.
He said, the proposed university, a priority project of the government, would be set up near the
High-Tech Park in Gazipur district soon after name of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
The proposed law has a provision of offering high-salary packages to attract qualified local and foreign ICT experts as teachers of the university. Apart from regular academic activities, the university would offer online and distant learning facilities, too.
The university would have links with the ICT industries of the country so that its students could get a chance for working in these industries. The Chancellor of the University would nominate two entrepreneurs of the ICT industries for sharing their experiences with its students.
The Cabinet also approved the proposal for expanding the National Service Programme for 17 upazilas of 17 districts, Musharraf Hossain said. The Cabinet Secretary said the programme will start in January 2015 and continue till December 17 of the same year. The districts and upazilas have been selected from the poverty map of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics where the poverty is acute.
The upazilas are Mehediganj in Barisal, Ghosairhat, Shariatpur, Dewanganj in Jamalpur, Nandail in Mymensingh, Kaukhali in Pirojpur, Haimchar in Chandpur, Sherpur Sadar, Shayamnagar in Satkhira, Nalchiti in Jhalakati, Mohammadpur in Magura, Goalanda in Rajbari, Chitalmari in Bagerhat, Chouhali in Sirajganj, Thanchi in Bandarban, Singra in Natore, Terokhada in Khulna and Monohorganj in Comilla.
