IfG.CC -
Institute for eGovernment

Smart School concept is comparatively a new idea an institutional framework in the field of education, especially at school level, in Bangladesh. Bangladesh government has taken an initiative to introduce ICT in education and ICT education at secondary level.

The purpose of this initiative is to ensure a vibrant and effective teaching learning environment for a student to cope as a future global citizen. ICT gives students better understanding in a systematic way, makes learning more interesting and enjoyable and motivates them to more practice self-managed learning, while teachers tend to be more creative and innovative in their teaching methods.

Weiterlesen: BD: Smart schools and globalisation

Analysts say smartphones, 3G to fuel e-commerce growth

The volume of e-commerce business will get bigger in near future as the use of smartphones marked a rise in recent times, while the much-talked-about 3G technology is just in the offing, analysts said yesterday.

But they said higher transaction fees and a lack of security may discourage customers from using the e-payment methods.

Weiterlesen: BD: A new era to open in e-payment business

Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu's eagerness to bring down the country's internet cost at the grass-roots level subscribers certainly deserves appreciation. The minister's interest is to see that access to the information and communication facilities becomes wider to the extent where the digital divide between the rich and the poor can effectively be dismantled. Indeed, this is not just a pious wish but one that is most practical in the interest of the country. Malaysia, a country with comparable development indices until the 70's of the past century, had experienced a phenomenal rise with Mahathir bin Mohamad, the country's fourth prime minister, opening its door to the modern information superhighway. Bangladesh missed a chance of getting connected with the rest of the world when an elected government refused to accept the offer of free connection with submarine cable although later that opportunity was availed of, but at a cost.

Weiterlesen: BD: Greater access to ICT

Fraud, collusion in tendering process to be checked

Bangladesh's newly-introduced electronic procurement has become popular among the government agencies as many public entities are lobbying to adopt the new online purchasing system, officials said Saturday.

Central Procurement Technical Unit (CPTU) officials said they have received nearly 25 applications from different agencies of the government to include them in the e-government procurement (e-GP) system.

Weiterlesen: BD: Public agencies on scramble for e-procurement system