Jabbar for ensuring digital
connectivity in education

Staff Correspondent: Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar yesterday laid emphasis on ensuring digital connectivity and digitaldevices for students in education system of the country.
“Revolution of the education in the country is imminent…So ensuring digital
connectivity and digital devices is essential for students,” he said.
The minister was speaking as the chief guest at a virtual workshop on
establishing digital connectivity in all educational institutions of
Bangladesh organized by Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) here, a press release said.
With BTRC Chairman Shyam Sundar Sikder in the chair, the workshop was
addressed, among others, by Policy Advisor of a2i (Access to Information)
Anir Chowdhury.Director General (DG) of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) Brig Gen Md Nasim Parvez delivered the key note speech on theoccasion. Highlighting the importance of the digital activities, Jabbar said the
government has been implementing the ‘Digital Bangladesh’ programme since
2009 under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
He said the people already realized the need of digitization even during the
COVID-19 period. “We really need to introduce the digital education system,” he continued.