City Desk :
As many as 25 percent female students have been studying in Computer Science (CS) or Information Communication Technology (ICT) related subjects in over 90 universities and institutions of the country since 2005-2006, said a study report of Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN).
According to the report, after completion of study, only 13 percent female joined in ICT industry and less than one percent female who studied in ICT/CS is interested in programming and hardly participated in any competitive programming contest in 2015.
In 2015, BdOSN said, there were 979 teams in the preliminary round of ICPC Dhaka round, in which there were only five teams, led by female.
Later, after the study, BdOSN had run several programmes to create awareness among the girls and women help them take ICT as a career. And after one year, in 2016, the number of team comprised of female reached at 129 on the same event held in Bangladesh.
As many as 25 percent female students have been studying in Computer Science (CS) or Information Communication Technology (ICT) related subjects in over 90 universities and institutions of the country since 2005-2006, said a study report of Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN).
According to the report, after completion of study, only 13 percent female joined in ICT industry and less than one percent female who studied in ICT/CS is interested in programming and hardly participated in any competitive programming contest in 2015.
In 2015, BdOSN said, there were 979 teams in the preliminary round of ICPC Dhaka round, in which there were only five teams, led by female.
Later, after the study, BdOSN had run several programmes to create awareness among the girls and women help them take ICT as a career. And after one year, in 2016, the number of team comprised of female reached at 129 on the same event held in Bangladesh.
