DHAKA: The government is working to create jobs in the IT sector for two million youths within 2021, State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak has said. He says the government has attached highest priority to the sector to resolve the unemployment issue.
“Our goal is to create jobs for two million youths through technology training alongside taking the ICT exports to $5 billion by 2021,” he said in a seminar on creating skilled manpower and employment opportunities at the Chittagong University on Sunday.
The state minister urged the youths to undergo government training. He said 70 percent of the population is aged below 35 who are being trained to be skilful. He advised the students to enrol in government training alongside academic education. “It will not be enough to get good jobs with only textbook knowledge. You’ll also need skills in information technology,” Palak said.
He said a Tk 1 billion IT park will be established on a five-acre land at the university and its library will be digitised. A game for Android operating system, ‘Muktijuddho-71’, was launched at the programme chaired by Vice-Chancellor Iftekhar Uddin Chowdhury.
