A training programme on ‘making robots’ for students of classes V to X  started at the laboratories of Cumilla Collectorate School & College and District administration lab creating enthusiasm among young learners. Organized by Cumilla Robotics and Programming Club the objective of the training is to improve the technological knowledge among the students and make them interested in scientific inventions. Over 700 students from 16 educational institutions in Cumilla city first took part in a three-day workshop.  From among them, 120 students were selected for this training, said assistant Commissioner Kaniz Fatema, officer-in-charge of the ICT department of the district administration. Read AI & Future of Jobs: Will Artificial Intelligence or Robots Take Your Job? Besides, training will be arranged in every upazila on the initiative of Cumilla Robotics and Programming Club, she added. During a visit the UNB correspondent found the students busy with their training. In the district administration lab, the body print of the robot is running on the 3D printer. In addition, students are working with sensors. Mahmuda bin Mohsin, a 10th grader of Cumilla High School, said, “I can learn many things from this training. This is a new experience. I hope I can do something good through this workshop”. Read How Can Artificial Intelligence Improve Healthcare? Shirin Akhter, a guardian, said “My daughter Jinat Akhter is in 10th grade. She has been interested in technology since childhood. She is very happy to come to this workshop”.

A year-long training programme to equip women entrepreneurs in Bangladesh with soft skills began in Dhaka on Wednesday. The ‘All About Soft Skills’ training series was inaugurated on Wednesday by State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak and Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka, Vikram Doraiswami. The High Commission of India is organising the training programme in association with Ministry of ICT, Government of Bangladesh, Women & E-commerce and SilkOak Global Ltd, a financial advisory service. The training programme is part of the ‘50 years of Bangladesh’ celebrations as well as the ‘75 years of Indian independence’ celebrations, ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’.  This will be run in a hybrid manner with physical workshops and virtual learning elements. It is aimed at supporting women entrepreneurs in Bangladesh, by offering them useful skills to facilitate their business efforts. Read: Online Business: How to Get Started from Home?

The government is going to provide training to 10,000 top executives, including Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) and Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) known as CXOs, and mid-level managers of IT companies under Advanced Certification for Management Professionals (ACMP) 4.0 training programme within next five years, officials said. “Backed by the success of the similar ACMP 4.0 training programme held previously the government is going to organize training for the CXOs and mid-level managers of IT companies to build their capacity to flourish their respective companies,” said senior secretary of ICT Division N M Zeaul Alam. Read: Women’s participation in ICT sector to be raised substantially: Hasina He said the government will continue to provide support to such training to boost the country’s IT sector and help achieve its $5 billion target of ICT export by 2025. The experts of Institute of Business Administration (IBA) will provide 120 hours of training to the CEOs and managers who played a vital role in making healthy growth of IT companies, he added. The ACMP 4.0 programme was introduced at Institute of Business Administration (IBA) of Dhaka University in 2017 in collaboration with LICT Project to boost the country’s IT sector. A total of 950 CXOs and managers have so far been given training under the ACMP 4.0 training programme. LICT Project Director Tarique M Barkatullah said keeping the challenges of the fourth industrial revolution in mind, the government has been providing support to IBA to continue ACMP 4.O course for enhancing efficiency of the CXOs and managers for increasing business and earning of their companies.  He said the training programme will provide a pragmatic approach towards transformational leadership in a dynamic, rapidly changing, interconnected and complex business environment influenced by digital disruptions and opportunities. Read: AL wants increased allocation to ICT sector IT-ITES Policy Adviser of LICT Project Sami Ahmed said upon completion of the programme, the participants are expected to be better equipped to lead crafting and implementing strategies for growth acceleration of their businesses in the age of digital transformation. “Without enhancing managerial skills, a company could not flourish,” he added. This extensive training programme consists of exclusive modules including communication 4.0, technology 4.0, supply chain 4.0, business analytics, marketing 4.0, Human Resource Management 4.0. The trainees will also get training on crafting and executing strategies, innovation, business model and entrepreneurial journey, scale up and growth acceleration strategy for IT/ITeS SMEs, strategy masterclass.

The Local Government Division (LGD), Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) and UNDP have jointly begun a training programme.

Bangladesh ODI captain Tamim Iqbal said he is happy to be back to the field although only for practice after a long gap of five months.