10 lakh youth to be groomed for IT sector: Palak

  • Staff Correspondent, Barta24.com, Cox’s Bazar
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Junaid Ahmed Palak/Photo: Barta24.com

Junaid Ahmed Palak/Photo: Barta24.com

State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Junaid Ahmed Palak said that the Herpower project has been undertaken to empower women and ensure employment in the field of technology where 25 thousand women entrepreneurs will be created across the country. After 4 months of training and 1 month of internship, each woman is given a laptop.

The State Minister said these things to the reporters after visiting the Sheikh Russell Computer Lab and Herpower Project at Saikat Balika High School in Cox's Bazar town on Thursday (04 July) afternoon.

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He said that in the next 5 years, during the current tenure of the government, 10 lakh youth will be trained for the IT sector.

Nilufa Yashmin, sub-project director of Herpower Project, said that 560 women are being trained in 3 stages in 3 upazilas of Cox's Bazar district.

The trainees of this project said that as a result of the training in the Herpower project, there is an opportunity to earn through skills in the IT sector.

Cox's Bazar’s Additional Deputy Commissioner (Education and ICT) Tapati Chakma, Cox's Bazar Sadar Upazila Nirbahi Officer Farzana Rahman and others were present.