ICT sector gets 30,000 more skilled manpower

UNB: The government has created 30,000 more skilled manpower through providing world-class IT training to them to boost the country’s ICT sector, reports UNB.
UK-based Ernst and Young (EY) conducted the training under the World Bank-financed Leveraging ICT for Growth, Employment and Governance (LICT) Project of Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC).
“We engaged the local and international trainers to provide world-class IT training to these 30,000 youngsters of colleges and universities across Bangladesh and it took about three and half years to complete the training programme,” said E country’s ICT sector. Of the total 30,000 trained human resources, 10,000 received Top-Up IT training and 20,000 Foundation Skill training, Kamal said, adding that of the 10,000 Top-Up IT trained manpower, 4,059 were placed in the IT and IT Enabled Service (IT-ITES) sector till July 2018.