Campus Report :
JAAGO Foundation (JF) organized an event for celebrating the success of the Distance Learning Program under the government’s Digital Island- Moheshkhali Project on Sunday. To discuss the challenges and opportunities for the future, this event was held in the capital’s Platinum Grand Hotel.
Parthapratim Deb, Executive Director, Bangladesh Computer Council was the chief guest and Peppi Siddiq, Project Manager- IOM, was present as special guest along with Zahid Md. Firoz, Project Director, Digital Island Moheshkhali, Masum Al Reza, National Program Coordinator, IOM Bangladesh.
Bangladesh has achieved Millennium Development Goal 2- Achieve Universal Access to Primary Education in 2015. Yet, education remains one of the biggest challenges for the country. To take quality education to the remote areas of Bangladesh, the Digital Island- Moheshkhali Project was launched and recently completed 3 years. In April 2017, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the scheme titled “Digital Island Moheshkhali” that connected the Moheshkhali upazila of Cox’s Bazar to Dhaka.
The ICT Ministry, Bangladesh Computer Council, Korea Telecom and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) jointly started implementing the “Digital Island- Moheshkhali” project at Moheshkhali lsland in Cox’s Bazar district. JF joined the project as an implementing partner in April 2017. Through distance learning program JF provided English education to 10 Government Primary Schools, educating 9000 students and creating awareness of e-learning among 20000 community citizens.
Parthapratim Deb said, “In 2008 when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced for Digital Bangladesh it was a very abstract concept. But now with all the efforts from the ICT ministry, IOM, Korea Telecom and JF, we now have a digital island in Moheshkhali upazilla of Bangladesh.
