The government will give first priority to thedevelopment of the information technology sector, prime minister’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy said yesterday.
Joy said this in a view-exchange meeting with IT specialists, representatives from IT industries and young entrepreneurs at Ruposhi Bangla hotel in the city.
“During this time we will try to achieve one billion dollar export limit from the sector,” he said.
The Centre for Research and Information organised the meeting.
Around a hundred IT specialists, representatives of IT industries and young entrepreneurs attended the programme.
Joy said: “We have a lot of achievements in the IT education, IT skill development and establishment of related infrastructures.”
Shamim Ahsan, president of the Institute of Technology and Management, said manpower in IT sector is 2.5 lakh but it was only 25,000 just five years ago.
Junayed Ahmed Polok, sate minister for telecommunication, said: “We want to build digital Bangladesh by 2021. That is why the ICT policy is going to be changed.”