BSS, Dhaka :
Sitting at their homes, educated women in rural areas are earning money from online outsourcing just taking a basic training under a project titled “Bari Boshe Borolok” and many of them become successful freelancers in the online outsourcing market.
With an aim to develop women freelancers on online outsourcing, the government along with Thengamara Mohila Sabuj Sangha (TMSS), a non-government organization, implemented the project at 276 upazilas, officials told BSS.
Under the project, as many as 12,420 women in 276 upazilas received two-day basic outsourcing training, they said adding 2,240 have been selected from 12,420 trainees for taking five-day subject-based training to enhance ICT skills in the online outsourcing market.
Director of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) of TMSS Nigar Sultana said, “As a first non-government organization, TMSS signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ICT division last year to implement the project “Bari Boshe Borolok” to provide training to the women in rural areas on online outsourcing.”
“We got tremendous response from womenfolk during the implementation period of the project … they were very much interested to receive the trainings,” she added.
HSC pass was fixed as minimum academic qualification for receiving online trainings, Nigar Sultana said adding many women with graduation or post-graduation also received the outscoring trainings.
TMSS has set a help desk for one year period so that women freelancers can take any technical support for carrying out their online outsourcing, she said.
“After receiving the trainings, many women freelancers earned handsome amount of money, it will be very encouraging for others to do better in online outsourcing,” Nigar Sultana said.
Most of the women freelancers, who took trainings under the Bari Boshe Borolok project, earn Taka 20,000 and 25,000 every month, she added.
In order to create skilled freelancers to ensure better access to the global online outsourcing market, TMMS is implementing a project at Durgapur upazila of Netrokona district to provide one-month training on online outsourcing.
This training will be given among the youths across the country in phases.
Good communication skills in English language will help freelancers to earn more money from online outsourcing, IT experts said adding freelancers must have ICT knowledge along with good English language skills.
An official of ICT Division said Bangladesh has earned 20 million US dollars from the outsourcing sector in 2013 and the earnings from the outsourcing have significantly increased last year.
“Bangladesh ranked 3rd in the top ten list of Odesk, the global marketplace for freelancing, outsourcing job surpassing the Philippines, Pakistan and Russia in 2013,” he added.
Sitting at their homes, educated women in rural areas are earning money from online outsourcing just taking a basic training under a project titled “Bari Boshe Borolok” and many of them become successful freelancers in the online outsourcing market.
With an aim to develop women freelancers on online outsourcing, the government along with Thengamara Mohila Sabuj Sangha (TMSS), a non-government organization, implemented the project at 276 upazilas, officials told BSS.
Under the project, as many as 12,420 women in 276 upazilas received two-day basic outsourcing training, they said adding 2,240 have been selected from 12,420 trainees for taking five-day subject-based training to enhance ICT skills in the online outsourcing market.
Director of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) of TMSS Nigar Sultana said, “As a first non-government organization, TMSS signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ICT division last year to implement the project “Bari Boshe Borolok” to provide training to the women in rural areas on online outsourcing.”
“We got tremendous response from womenfolk during the implementation period of the project … they were very much interested to receive the trainings,” she added.
HSC pass was fixed as minimum academic qualification for receiving online trainings, Nigar Sultana said adding many women with graduation or post-graduation also received the outscoring trainings.
TMSS has set a help desk for one year period so that women freelancers can take any technical support for carrying out their online outsourcing, she said.
“After receiving the trainings, many women freelancers earned handsome amount of money, it will be very encouraging for others to do better in online outsourcing,” Nigar Sultana said.
Most of the women freelancers, who took trainings under the Bari Boshe Borolok project, earn Taka 20,000 and 25,000 every month, she added.
In order to create skilled freelancers to ensure better access to the global online outsourcing market, TMMS is implementing a project at Durgapur upazila of Netrokona district to provide one-month training on online outsourcing.
This training will be given among the youths across the country in phases.
Good communication skills in English language will help freelancers to earn more money from online outsourcing, IT experts said adding freelancers must have ICT knowledge along with good English language skills.
An official of ICT Division said Bangladesh has earned 20 million US dollars from the outsourcing sector in 2013 and the earnings from the outsourcing have significantly increased last year.
“Bangladesh ranked 3rd in the top ten list of Odesk, the global marketplace for freelancing, outsourcing job surpassing the Philippines, Pakistan and Russia in 2013,” he added.
