This is the time to create new trends through digital education: Telecom Minister

The Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, Mr. Mostafa Jabbar, said that this is the time now to create a new trend by educating the new generation in digital age education. Our young people are very talented. More than 65% of the young population of the country is the main force in the establishment of Sonar Bangla, the golden Bengal. New trends in digital education need to be included in textbooks. To this end, the Minister called upon the educational institutions to come forward to take initiative for the students of all educational institutions, including the universities of engineering, to gain practical experience in digital industry and trade-body. The minister made the call in a keynote address at a prize distribution ceremony among the winners of the BD Science Technology and Math Foundation-STEM-organized essay competition at a hotel in the capital on Sunday night. Vice Chancellor of BUET Prof. Satya Prasad Majumder presided over the function and Vice Chancellors, former Vice Chancellors, researchers and professors of various public and private universities spoke on the occasion. The Minister for Posts and Telecommunications said, while standing on the ruins of the war to spread technical education, highlighted the initiatives taken by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and added that Bangladesh lagged behind the world of technology for 324 years by missing the last two industrial revolutions. In order to ensure participation in the Third Industrial Revolution or Internet Industrial Revolution which started in 1969, Bangabandhu got membership of ITU and UPU, establishment of satellite ground station at Betbunia, formation of T&T board, nationalization of primary education, he thus laid the foundation for participation in the Third Industrial Revolution by taking various programs like expansion of technical education. But after the assassination of Bangabandhu and his family in the unfortunate nineteen seventy-five killing, the journey to take part in the third industrial revolution came to a standstill. After the Awami League came to power in 1996, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina overcame all the anti-development efforts left behind by the defeated forces with 21 years of backwardness. Mostafa Jabbar, a pioneer of the movement for the development of digital technology, mentioned that the revolutionary changes in the development of internet and computer technology were initiated through various groundbreaking programs. Mostafa Jabbar, the inventor of Bengali language in digital technology, mentioned that in the last 13 years, under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh has achieved leadership ability in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Highlighting the challenges of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and his long experience of 35 years in the field of digital technology, the Minister said, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced the Digital Bangladesh program on 12 December 2008, eight years before the announcement of the concept of the fourth industrial revolution in the world in 2016. In our socio-economic context, we should not look at the way the developed world sees us in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. In the developed world, digital technology will replace people. Considering our huge population, the idea of ​​replacing the machine with human would not be acceptable. This pioneer of digital transformation in education mentioned that we have to face the challenges of the fourth industrial revolution in the midst of digital Bangladesh revolution. In his speech, the Vice Chancellor of BUET stressed on the need to use digital technology as a tool to establish Bangabandhu's Sonar Bangla. The Minister announced the names of the winners of the competition and distributed prizes among the winners. Later, the Minister inaugurated ICMAB's Digital CPD Platform in Dhaka. Speaking on the occasion as the chief guest being connected virtually, he mentioned that it is a role model for every training institution in the country. He said there is no opportunity to move forward without professional skills. In any case it is possible to continue the training work through this platform. The Minister said the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is committed to provide any assistance required for the development of digital technology.