50pc youngsters trained on IT get jobs

Almost 50 per cent youngsters, who were provided with quality training to develop them as information technology (IT) leaders, got job in the IT industries and organisations and the remaining are in the process of joining, official sources said, reports BSS.

They said 148 youngsters were provided three-month world-class training in the first batch under Fast Track Future Leader (FTFL) programme of the World Bank-funded Leveraging ICT for Growth, Employment and Governance (LICT) Project of Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC).

Of them, 70 youths have already got job from the IT and IT Enabled Service (ITES) industries within two months after completion of their training in August and the remaining 78 got multiple job offer, they added.