Addressing the teachers, he said, “Some labs are operational here, some laptops are in repairable condition, some laptops have become inoperable and some schools are not functioning properly. You just show the power of technology to the students. Give them a chance to use. If the students use them and destroy them, the people’s leader Sheikh Hasina will give them to you again. But make sure that the unused Sheikh Russell Lab or Sheikh Russell School of Future is not ruined.
In his speech, the state minister remarked that as a result of various initiatives of Sajeeb Wazed Joy, the ICT advisor to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Digital Bangladesh, the youth are now able to stand on their own feet and easily become self-employed. He said, in Sheikh Hasina’s digital Bangladesh, our youth do not need to have legs to stand on their own feet now. You have seen the proof of our Aklima in the first row. The Sheikh Hasina’s government has created such opportunities in every district, upazila and union of Bangladesh. As a result our dear sister, with technology dependent education; Using the internet, being able to stand on her own two feet in a special way. It will inspire billions of people.
State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak announced a pilot project to set up Sheikh Russell Computer Labs in primary schools in the near future.
The state minister for ICT said this while addressing the inaugural function of Jamalpur Hi-Tech Park on Saturday. Bangladesh Awami League Organizing Secretary and Member of Parliament Mirza Azam was the special guest at the function presided over by Md. Mozaffar Hossain, Member of Parliament for Jamalpur 5 constituency.
Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority Managing Director Bikarna Kumar Ghosh, Jamalpur Deputy Commissioner Sravanti Roy, District Superintendent of Police Nasir Uddin Ahmed, ICT Hi-Tech Park Project Director AKAM Fazlul Haque, Learning and Earning Project Director Md Humayun Kabir and others were also present on the occasion.