Tk 5,883cr digital connectivity project about way
The government is defined to undertake an enormous Tk 5,883 crore digital connectivity project, in a approach that could equip every corner of the united states with the most recent ICT infrastructure, making almost all government services digital and increasing the application of ICT at field levels.
Under the job, the government will establish 109,244 broadband and user connections, 10,000 digital labs, 57 specialised labs, a central cloud program and frontier technology centre of excellence, IT infrastructure in district and upazila complexes and training facilities.
With the brand new IT infrastructure covering eight divisions, 64 districts and all upazilas, including union and village levels, the federal government wants to produce its services accessible to the persons in a quicker and easier fashion by converting them into e-services.
The project proposal will be located at the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council on Tuesday for approval.
The implementation period of the project starts from January 2021 and ends in December 2024 with the ICT section of the division being responsible for the implementing agency.
"The project can make all government offices and institutions in the united states digital," NM Zeaul Alam, senior secretary to the ICT Division, told The Daily Star yesterday.
Of the project's total cost, around 65 per cent, or Tk 3,378.5 crore, should come as financing from the Chinese government as the rest Tk 2,505 crore will be funded from government sources.
"Furthermore to financing, China may also provide some technical and consultancy assistance," he added.
Besides, a 21-report tower will be built in the capital's Purbachal to accommodate an academy featuring modern ICT labs and establishments to nourish It all entrepreneurs.
The ICT department has already leased a three-bigha plot for the tower, that will create research opportunities for the fourth professional revolution and human being resource production, according to officials.
A digital literacy center with an ICT lab and different necessary infrastructure, including clever virtual classrooms and distance education platforms, may also be established under the project.
Besides, 10 digital villages, around 492 non-residential properties and, for establishing a shared ICT procedure centre, the construction of 491 upazila complexes will be expanded upward by a single story.
Under 10 digital village stations, field surveys will be conducted and 20,000 farmers will discover "Sensor Devices".
With 10,000 new Sheikh Russel Digital Labs, the country's secondary and higher secondary school and equivalent institutions will receive a boost in transforming their traditional learning system, said Md Rezaul Maksud Jahedi, the project director.
Regarding to Jahedi, there happen to be over 30,000 organizations eligible to property such labs and the ICT division has recently installed over 4,000 such labs, covering 23 per cent of the institutions.
There are another 5,000 such labs also being established less than a different project.
"If the job gets the ultimate nod, with the brand new addition, over 70 % of such educational establishments will have computer labs. This will speed up the expansion of computer education," he added.
According to the arranging commission and ICT division, the project might transform government solutions into e-providers, making them more accessible to the public.
The 100 % broadband penetration will improve the accessibility of ICT across the country, ensuring good governance at all levels of the federal government, and human resource advancement through the use of fresh ICT technology, the commission said.
