ICT facilities to all UPs by December
To fulfil the dream of 'Digital Bangladesh' by 2021, ICT facilities will be expanded to all unions in the country by this year to reach such facilities to the doorsteps of the rural people.
“After tremendous success in 102 unions, the information and communication technology (ICT) facilities will be expanded to all 4,484 unions by December, envisioned by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina,” a review meeting on the activities of Digital Bangladesh was told here yesterday.
The meeting arranged by the UNDP-funded Access to Information (A2I) Programme under the Prime Minister's Office also took a decision to bring all government offices at the upazila level under computer and internet network.
Besides, decisions were undertaken to arrange 'digital innovative fair' in all divisional cities in the country from October to December and to introduce unicode Bangla typing in all ministries.
Adviser to the Prime Minister HT Imam was the chief guest at the meeting held at the Prime Minister's Office.
With Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister's Office M Abdul Karim in the chair, the function was addressed by Cabinet Secretary M Abdul Aziz as the special guest.
National Project Director of A2I Programme Mohammad Nazrul Islam Khan gave answers to various questions as the coordinator of the function, while secretaries of all ministries and 'e- governance focal points' were present.
Speaking on the occasion, HT Imam called upon the government officials to work hard for raising literacy rate to implement Digital Bangladesh envisioned by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
“Without increasing the country's literacy rate, implementation of Digital Bangladesh will not be possible as both are related with each other,” he said.
HT Imam urged the secretaries to work with a service- oriented mindset and undertake programmes to reach the digital services to the doorsteps of the people speedily and at a low cost.
The PM's adviser also asked the government officials to take the next steps after evaluating the progress of the earlier programmes.
The meeting reviewed the progress of 53 'quick-win initiatives' innovated by the 53 ministries and government departments to reach digital services to the doorsteps of the people. Besides, 39 'quick-win initiatives' were identified.
At the meeting, all ministries and government departments were reminded to present these new innovations to the divisional innovative fairs as the digital services.
It also discussed in detail the issues of cyber safety and ICT Policy-2009.
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