Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced that all secondary schools in Bangladesh will be promoted as Digital Academy and Center of Excellence by 2030. She made this announcement considering the Udiman job market in the fourth industrial revolution.
He made this announcement in a video speech aired at the high-level virtual meeting titled ‘Digital Cooperation: Action Today for Future Generation’ held at the headquarters of the organization on the sidelines of the 75th General Session of the United Nations in New York on Wednesday.
‘The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the power of digital services in addition to the world of digital inequality. Half of the world's people do not have access to basic internet services. We must eliminate this inequality.’
In 2021, the Prime Minister said that the government's initiative for digitization in Bangladesh has led to a tremendous leap in terms of access to the Internet service. The total number of internet subscribers has reached 10.34 million. Our digitalization has given our people a huge opportunity to introduce the role of ‘change-maker’.
The government of Bangladesh has given importance to digital connectivity and has played a role in bringing about economic development and social change including women's power, she said, ‘It is also helping the SDGs and anti-COVID-19 activities."
Highlighting the goal of a developed and prosperous Bangladesh by 2041, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said, ‘We want to keep our youth at the center of this journey of changing the day.’
Considering the Udiman job market in the fourth industrial revolution from that time, he promised to raise the digital Academy and Center of Excellence in all secondary schools of Bangladesh by 2030. The Prime Minister highlighted the interest of Bangladesh in achieving the uniform goal of the progress of digital services.
Ethiopian President Saleh O'Tark JOU, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, UNICEF Executive Director Henrita Four, Alibaba Group Co-Founder and Secretary-General's Digital Cooperation of the United States, the founder and Chetieman of the International Organization for the World
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina attended the event on a joint invitation from UNICEF Executive Director Henrita Four and International Telecommunication United (ITU) Secretary General Hollin Zhao.
Source: Daily Education