Minister for Posts and Telecommunications Mustafa Jabba said that free internet to students should be treated as an investment, not as a cost or expense.
The remarks were made by the Minister while addressing a virtual discussion meeting titled ‘Eighth Five-Year Plan: A Future Employment Priority for Youth and Allocation in the National Budget’ jointly organized by Oxfam and Prothom Alo in Dhaka.
The minister stated that new technologies are constantly coming up. People from all walks of life have to be associated with this new technology. So every human being has to be digitally efficient.
Abdul Qayyum, Associate Editor, Prothom Alo, Rashid Ul Hasan, Professor, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Agricultural University, Dulal Krishna Saha, Executive Chairman, National Skill Development Authority, Prof. Lafifa Zaman Youth Entrepreneur Swarna Khatun Pramud spoke on the occasion.