The training program run by Ernst & Young to train 30,000 young people in Bangladesh under the Leveraging ICT for Growth, Employment and Governance (LICT) Project has been successful over the past year. They have signed agreements with 23 leading universities and colleges to provide information technology and foundation skills training. Over 700 students have completed the training program so far, and many have found jobs in IT companies after completing the training. The program aims to continue expanding training opportunities with more educational institutions and companies in order to further develop IT skills in Bangladesh and support the country's growing tech industry and digital economy.

1. www.bdskills.com
The Training Program Moves on Strength to Strength . .
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BDSKILLS
Feb 2016
It has been wonderful journey since the launch of the training of 30,000 youngsters by the UK based Ernst and
Young under Leveraging ICT for Growth, Employment and Governance (LICT) Project of Bangladesh Computer
Council (BCC) under ICT Division on Jan 31, 2015.
During the last one year the EY teams visited different educational institutions and met hundreds of
academicians to find out suitable training classes with ICT infrastructure and computer lab facilities within the
campus. The teams have so far signed 23 MoUs with leading universities apart from leading colleges affiliated
to National University aimed at providing Top Up IT Training and Foundation training. Initiatives have been
taken to include more universities and colleges for signing MoUs. Nearly 88 batches were formed which
include 30 in Divisions outside Dhaka.
Female students form 35% of the total strength. The number is higher than the target of 30. This is very
encouraging. There are 7 tracks offered in technology apart from mandatory communication and soft skills.
Over 25 Trainers worked every day to make IT/ITES courses interesting. By Feb end, 706 students have
completed the training program. A section of the youngsters who have already completed Top Up IT training
get job in the IT organizations.
“The Top Up IT Program organized by World bank financed LICT Project of BCC helped me starting my career in
ICT,” said Kulsum Siddique of American International University of Bangladesh (AIUB).
She said the main feature of the training was the IT company NextDot provided me job with lucrative salary
immediately after completing the training.
It was very helpful for me to do a special (java & AMP) course under Top Up IT program of LICT. I learnt so
many things during this course period.it helped me to make strong knowledge base about java and android
apps development. Due to my confidence and programming knowledge I got a good job in an IT farm as a
Junior Software Developer.
Surovi Akter who also awarded job with the B2M Technologies after getting Top Up IT training said I had never
thought to get job so quickly as many non ICT graduates are still unemployed and fighting for job.
Steps have been taken to establish contact with the IT industries of Bangladesh and other countries. The team
established placement dialogue with over 200 companies and signed MoUs with 27 leading IT/ITES companies
who committed participation in the program. The placement team forwarded CVs from database prepared
after screening strengths of each and every student. After the interviews, the required feedback was taken to
improve training content and quality. The companies are also enthusiastic about participation in the program
right from the initial stage ie screening of the students, batch formation, ongoing assessment, guest lectures,
real life projects and finally selecting the students for the employment. Participation of the leading companies
is really heartening.
“We are very happy to be a partner with EY on the ambitious project of LICT, Bangladesh Computer Council.
We believe the trained candidates would help IT/ITES industry in getting skill resources and boost up the
growth. Thank you for the initiative to fill the gap of skill resources of Bangladesh IT industry”, said AKM
Ahmedul Islam, MD & COO, Atom AP Limited.
“Digital Bangladesh is a modern philosophy of using appropriate technology to
implement all pledges, including poverty alleviation, ensuring quality education,
health services and generating employment opportunities for the people.”
Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister, Government of The People’s Republic of
Bangladesh

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MOUs with Universities
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In the rapidly changing scenario, continuous learning is must. Freelancing gives opportunity to interact with
international environment while honing the skills in the competitive world. This also helps students to keep up
with the latest in the technology and customer’s expectations.
The skill pool capacity will eventually lead to more investment. The government is putting stress on creating
skilled manpower of twenty first century to implement its Digital Bangladesh vision. The ICT Division has
launched various programmes to create skilled manpower. 55,000 freelancers are being created through
extensive training under Learning and Earning Development Project. The LICT project will also provide six-
month training to 10,000 youths to create freelancers. Hi-tech and Software Technology parks are being built
in divisions and some districts. The Kaliakoir Hi-tech that will eventually lead to employment to 70,000
youths.
E commerce has crossed Taka 300 crore mark already and still growing. We read frequently about launching
of new ecommerce sites.
DataSoft has become first company in Bangladesh to be accredited for CMMI Level 5 closely followed by Leads
Corporation. This brings them league with top international players. Dohatech has won bid to design and
implement eProcurement system for Bhutan.
Great things are happening right here. Those who come forward and pursue career in IT/ITES have bright
future. Today, they have opportunity to play pioneering role and live stories that will make their children
proud!

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MOUs with Industry
Preselect Baches for the First CMMI Level 5 Company in BD -DataSoft
Dhaka Centric ITDivine IT
Orange BD
“We are very happy to be a partner with EY on
the ambitious project of LICT, Bangladesh
Computer Council. We believe the trained
candidates would help IT/ITES industry in
getting skill resources and boost up the
growth”.
Mr. Ahmedul Islam MD & COO | Atom AP Limited
We believe the LICT-BCC
Project would help the
IT/ITES industry to get
trained manpower. EY being
the implementation partner
of this crucial program,
doing good in training and
placement of the aspirants.
We hope this program would
help in the growth of the
IT/ITES industry.
Mr. Ashraf Uddin Mukut
Director & COO | Divine IT
S.N. Organization Name Program Name
1 IBCX Primax Top Up
2 Huawei Top Up
3 Dohatec New Media Top Up
4 Graphic People Top Up and Foundation Skills
5 South Tech Top Up
6 Augmedix Foundation Skill
7 Genex Infosys Foundation Skill
8 Appnometry Top Up
9 JAMS IT Top Up
10 Mellennium Info Solution Top Up
11 Aplos Global limited Top Up and Foundation Skills
12 Opus Technology Limited Top Up and Foundation Skills
13 Atom AP Limited Top Up
14 Canali Software Limited Top Up and Foundation Skills
15 GWS Tech Solutions Top Up
16 BJIT Limited Top Up and Foundation Skills
17 Leads Corporation Limited Top Up
18 Vivid Technologies Top Up and Foundation Skills
19 Divine IT Top Up and Foundation Skills
20 Dhaka Centrenic IT Top Up
21 Orange BD Top Up and Foundation Skills
22 Bv Creatives Foundation Skill
23 Digicon Foundation Skill
24 Snipro Foundation Skill
25 W3Engineers Foundation Skill
MOUs Signed

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Public
Universities/Colleg
es
Public
Universities/Colleges
DU 346 DU 1015
JnU - JnU 340
Titumir - Titumir
Eden - Eden 95
B R University
Rangpur 54
B R university
Rangpur 110
SUST Sylhet 149 B R College 67
KUET Khulna
Rangpur Govt.
College 46
Rajshahi
University
Carmichael
College 132
CUET
khulna B L
College
Chittagong
University
Govt. Mohila
College khulna
Rajshahi
College
Chittagong
College
KUET Khulna 32
SUST 104
Private Universities Private Universities
DIU 30 DIU -
EWU 75 EWU -
BRACU 80 BRACU -
UAP 70
NSU
(Augmedix) 35
NSU 147
AIUB 160
UIU 30
DCC 70
IUB -
Total 1211 Total 1976
Track
Numberof
Students Trained
.NET 22
Graphics Design 285
Web Design 80
Digital Marketing 129
Office Productivity 130
BAF 60
Government Mohila College, Khulna B L College, Khulna
Starting fresh Batches in JnU