Md. Rabiul Islam Deputy Director (System & Training) Directorate of ICT (DoICT) Bangladesh

ICTE: a conceptual frame ICTE is Use of ICT in education sector or ICT based education Integration of ICT with educational activities Teaching and learning activities by using information and communication technologies

ICTE.. The basic areas of ICTE are E-learning (EL), use of ICT in teaching-learning E-governance in education (EGE), use of ICT in education governance E-library management (E-lib), use of ICT in management of library/documentation services

E-learning (EL) E-learning components are Development of EL materials Quality assurance of EL materials Training and application of EL materials Development of EL infrastructure

E-governance in education (EGE) E—governance in education (EGE) consists of the following key components Education Management Information System (EMIS) Education Institution Management system (EIMS)

EL infrastructure – Input source Visualize/document camera, slate/tablet, student response system, application software, PC – Output source Projector, interactive whiteboard, display (monitor, TV etc) – Others Digital camera, digital recorder, switcher, other technology

EMIS.. EMIS covers Data management policy Student data Institution data Teacher data Curriculum data Other data

EIMS.. EIMS covers Student management Teacher management Institution management Academic activities Stakeholder connectivity and network

E-lib Development of e-cataloging (database of reading and study resources) Development of E-books (web-enable books and other reading & study resources)

Current environment in EL Development of digital classroom in schools and madrasa by DSHE ( – Supply of laptop, multimedia projector, internet modem Teacher training on development and use of digital contents in Government TTCs Blog developed for sharing digital content ( Teachers digital content sharing forum

EL.. A modern and equipped digital multimedia centre (DMC) is being developed in BANBEIS 3172 computer lab with multimedia established in educational institutions, another 2000 labs under process Computer lab established in different government training institutes, and public universities A project started for development of ICT training and service centres in 128 Upazilla by BANBEIS

EMIS Regular (annual) data collection by BANBEIS and DTE from institutions (primary and secondary) – Semi manual – Structured – Supply side based – More descriptive and less analytical – National databases developed –

EMIS: GIS data Education GIS GIS database managed by BANBEIS Limited number of layers used Limited use of data

EMIS: On line services Online registration (e-SIF), admission, exams(e-FF) and results processing by BISEs and BTEB. Interactive and dynamic websites developed (OEMS ) Online databases and queries (BISEs, BTEB, BANBEIS, DSHE, NU)

EIMS A few educational institutions are learnt to use management applications independently

E-library and documentation services (E-lib) E books developed and uploaded by NCTB for secondary level E-book centre established at BANBEIS Development of Bangladesh Research Education Network (BdREN) under process. Connectivity with Trans Eurasia Information Network (TEIN3)

ICT education Computing made compulsory as a subject for SSC (voc) from 2009 Computing made compulsory as a subject at secondary level from 2013 Curriculum for the subject updated at secondary and higher secondary levels

Policy infrastructure National education policy 2010 National ICT policy 2009 Master plan for ICT in education 2013

Present Initiatives Integration and harmony in EMIS activities Integrated and unified EIMS National data centre and data clouding EL infrastructure EL material development, evaluation, rating, QA, training Develop 34,000 skilled manpower for IT/ITES sector