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Information Technology in Bangladesh
IT Labor
Bangladesh Computer Samity Labor Statistics
Schools, Attendance Rates, and Recent Education Grants
Following is an excerpt from a project at the Center for Strategic & International Studies, focused on social and economic development in Asia. It was written by the Muhammed E. Ali, Director of Education, Information, and Statistics at the Ministry of Education. The paper is called, "Training/Upgrading Skills of Information Users in Bangladesh."Effective training of information users is indispensable to productivity. Most people responsible for developing and installing new systems are so concerned with the technology that they rarely consider how it is affecting the end user. Often inadequate training of users on high technology applications only serves to perpetuate the problem it has set out to solve (2).This is the same thought that American University teachers express in the class rooms. I think its interesting to notice that despite the low concentration of computers, technology, and schools, the information technology people of Bangladesh still have the same views on the current IT issues.
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Adult
Literacy Rate (Age 15+) By Sex and Locality in 1996 (4)
| Gender | National (7+) | Rural | Urban |
| Both | 44.0(44.8) | 38.6 | 64.4 |
| Male | 57.2(51.3) | 46.7 | 72.0 |
| Female | 35.1(31.4) | 30 | 55.3 |
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Statistics According to the Bangladesh Computer Samity (5)
Bangladesh has a substantial number of educated unemployed youth force, with ability to read and write english. BCS thinks they can be trained in the required skill (particularly in data processing services) within a short time.
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Quite a few Bangladeshi skilled professionals have been working abroad.
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Universities in Bangladesh are turning out an increasing number of graduates in computer related subjects every year, although the number is much less than the requirement.
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A large number of Bangladeshi students are studying overseas in Computer related subjects.
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IT schools in Bangladesh have three areas of skills development: Operating systems, programming languages, and database management. The operating systems currently taught in most schools include Windows, Windows 95, MAC/OS, Novell Netware, Windows NT, UNIX, and OS/400. Programming languages most frequently taught are C++, Visual Basic, Visual FoxPro, COBOL, RPG, OOP, and J++. RDBMS - Oracle, Informix, and DB/2.
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| All Salaries are in US Dollars | Bangladesh | India | USA |
| Programmers (per month) | 400-800 | 1,200 | 4,500 |
| Data Entry (per 10k strokes) | 3-5 | 10 | 30-50 |
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Bangladesh's labor force consists of approximately 50.1 million men and women. 21% of those people work in the services industry. There is an extensive 'brain drain' in that many people later move to Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Oman (Probably for religious reasons). However, it is not clear what percentage of those people are in the IT fields (6).
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The government has undertaken numerous programs to enhance the quality and infrastructure of education institutions. Construction of six new science and technology universities out of a planned twelve have already begun. Sixteen polytechnic institutes, including three for women, are also being set up (7).
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The following is a list of all Post Secondary Schools in Bangladesh that do offer degrees in the Information Technology field:American International School Dhaka - Ramna, Bangladesh
Bangladesh Agricultural University - Mymensingh, Bangladesh
*Bangladesh Institute of Technology - Khulna, Bangladesh
Jahangirnagar University - Savar, Bangladesh
University of Chittagong - Chittagong, Bangladesh
University of Dhaka - Ramna, Bangladesh
University of Khulna - Khulna, Bangladesh
University of Rajshai - Rajshahi, Bangladesh
* This is one of the best known IT schools in Bangladesh. For instance, in May 29, 1998, BUET boys won a prestigious software competition in Spain. This is the second time BUET brought home an international prize (8).
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53.1 44.8 |
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60.3 53.6 |
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Recently Bangladesh received a loan from the Asian Development Bank to improve the secondary education system. This includes policy reform and new buildings (3).
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