Computer education
Mithilesh Singh, Center Head, Grameen Star Education, Grameen Bank Bhaban, Mirpur, Dhaka
Along with other subjects at the Primary Level, I feel that computer literacy also plays a pivotal role in students' career these days. The increasing demand of the computer literate employee in all sectors implies the future need of manpower in the country and abroad. Today's students are the future of the nation and, thus, I believe that primary education is shaping up the nation's future. Tomorrow, these kids will play a significant role in the country and, thereby, in development of the world. Hence, introduction of computer as a subject at primary level education will provide them an opportunity to prepare themselves, so that they could comfortably compete with other students whenever they are asked to prove their potential in the future. Therefore, it is necessary to identify the computer as a subject to incorporate in the general education curriculum. Of late, many organisations have shown their interest and have taken the initiative to spread awareness regarding the importance of this subject. However, individual effort cannot make a big impact. Therefore, planning at the government level should be adopted regarding this. At least , the government should make a sincere effort to organise things and thus they can bring all the organisations, which are making an effort in this direction, together under one umbrella. The implementation of any programme at the primary level education cannot be successful keeping the teachers, who are implementing the plans at the end level, away from it. Thus, the first step towards achieving the goal should be to train the teachers, before this new technology takes a place in the curriculum.
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