To make the best use of information technology, educational institutions need a workable plan to fully integrate it into all aspects of the curriculum so students are taught how, why, and when to use technology. How technology is utilized in the curriculum and managed by teachers will have an important role to play in widening the resource and knowledge base for all students. Previously, the use of ICT was limited to private sector education only but it is no longer restricted to private sector education owing to the government efforts. The Government of Bangladesh in an effort to harness the power of ICT formulated its National ICT Policy in year 2002. To implement its policies, the government of Bangladesh has sought the help of UNDP and USAID to use its access to information (a2i) program for the development of the education sector. Access to information (a2i) program aims to make teaching and learning more effective and enjoyable for both students and teachers using ICTs. The most remarkable transformation was empowerment of teachers who were trained to create multimedia content independently, rather than depending on curriculum and multimedia experts. The government soon sought a2i’s support to design a USD 40 million educational transformation program to establish MMCs in over 23,000 secondary schools, madrassas and junior colleges and train nearly 70,000 teachers by 2014. To better understand how information systems are used in educational institutes, three cases were analyzed. In Adamjee Cantonment College, almost all the aspects of the college are currently under single information system software that ensures all the aspects of the college is going as per schedule. The college makes apt use of biometric identification, communication through text messages and intends to make us of OMR reader, E-payment service and attendance management systems. In the e-learning site Shikkok.com, online tutorials are provided to facilitate free online education and high-quality courses in Bengali language to rural and disadvantaged students in Bangladesh and India. Onnorokom Pathshala, another case considered, is trying to come up with an android app to cater to the mobile internet market. So far they are providing their services through their Youtube channel.

1. IT SECTOR ADVANCEMENTS IN THE
EDUCATION SYSTEM
OF BANGLADESH

2. 2000 2005 2015

3. ICT IN EDUCATION SECTOR
E-GOVERNANCE
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
PROSPECT OF E-LEARNING
TRENDING TECHNOLOGIES IN EDUCATION SECTOR
OBJECTIVE
01
02
03
04
05

4. THREE BASIC AREAS OF ICTE
E-LIBRARY MANAGEMENT
(E-LIB)
E-GOVERNANCE IN
EDUCATION (EGE)
E-LEARNING (EL) / VIRTUAL
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT (VLE)
03
02
01

5. MIS FRAMEWORK
• E-Learning/VLE
• E-governance in Education (EGE)
• E- Library Management (E-lib)
PORTAL
VLE Library Management
System
EMIS

6. “E-Learning is an umbrella term describing any
type of learning that depends on or is enhanced
by electronic communication online using the
latest information and communication
technologies (ICT).”
Audience
Course Structure
Page Design
Content Engagement
Usability
EL

7. INPUT SOURCE: Visualizer/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
EL
INFRASTRSUCTURE

8. Asynchronous e-learning
Synchronous e-learning
Blended e-learning
M-learning
EL
TECHNIQUES

9. E-governance in education (EGE)
consists of Education Management
Information System (EMIS), most
common form of EMIS is
Enterprise Resource Planning
(ERP)
EGE

10. Education Management Information
System (EMIS) is an information
system with the main purpose of
providing information which is used
for improving the management of
education at all levels
EMIS

11. • Data collection tool for capturing students, teachers,
data
• Report manager module
• Data manager module for data collection and
Management
• Executive dashboards for monitoring and evaluating
education
• EMIS school online module for schools to access the
EMIS data of their school
• Data posting and publishing module for posting data
to the EMIS online solutions
EMIS
FEATURES

12. EMIS
DATABASE

13. E-library system, also known as a
digital library is concerned with that
body of knowledge relating to the
collection, organization, storage,
distribution, retrieval and utilization
of digital information.
E-
LIBRARY

14. E-LIBRARY
COMPONENTS
1. Development of e-cataloging (database of reading and
study resources)
2. Development of E-books (web-enable books and other
reading & study resources)

15. CURRENT SCENARIO
Table 1: Presence of websites of educational institutions of Bangladesh
0%

16. CURRENT SCENARIO
Figure 7: Status of Teachers

17. CURRENT SCENARIO
Table 2: Staffs with ICT Knowledge

18. CURRENT SCENARIO
Table 3: Availabity of LAN and Internet

19. CURRENT SCENARIO
Table 4: Usage of Multimedia in Education

20. CURRENT SCENARIO
Table 5: Availability of Digital Library,
Student Database and Automated Accounts

21. ICT Policies
• Boost use of ICT tools in all levels of education, including ECDP,
mass literacy, and lifelong learning.
• Ensure access to education and research for people with
disabilities and special needs using ICT tools.
• Initiate diploma and trade courses to enable ICT capacity building
for teachers. Teacher training institutes to be empowered with
ICT capacity to meet the challenges.
• Establish an ICT Center of Excellence with necessary long-term
funding to teach and conduct research in advanced ICTs.
• Promote distance education, set up institutes and infrastructure
for e-learning training programs.
• Ensure public access to information through setting up of kiosks
GOVERNMENT
ROLE

22. Coordination with A2i:
• Building smart classrooms
• Teachers’ Portal: Teacher-led quality content
development (Sex this part up)
GOVERNMENT
ROLE

23. A2i achievements:
• Multimedia Classrooms in 500 schools, 15200
secondary schools and 5300 Madrasa.
• Teacher’s Portal where 3661 Primary and Secondary
teacher create and share multimedia content.
• Over 300 electronic versions of text books (e-books)
are available in primary and secondary levels including
technical, vocational and madrasa education
• Blog with over 3000 members 3500 blog posts and
2000 digital contents.
GOVERNMENT
ROLE

24. BARRIERS
ABSENCE OF
INFRASTRUCTURE
RESISTANCE TO CHANGE
CONVENTIONAL
MINDSET
UNAVAILABLE
INTERNET FACILITY
POWER SHORTAGE

25. CASE ONE: ADAMJEE COLLEGE
PRIMARY RESEARCH FINDINGS
IT DEPARTMENT :
One information officer
One assistant to the information officer
Two data entry staff

26. CASE ONE: ADAMJEE COLLEGE
PRIMARY RESEARCH FINDINGS
Central Server
Student
Information
Attendance
Information
Payment
Information
Library
Information
Result Information
Human Resource
Mangement
Store Management
SMS system
Framework

27. CASE ONE: ADAMJEE COLLEGE
PRIMARY RESEARCH FINDINGS
FUTURE GOALS
ATTENDANCE INFORMATION
PAYMENT SERVICE
OMR READER
03
02
01

28. CASE TWO: SUNNYDALE SCHOOL
PRIMARY RESEARCH FINDINGS
Services
• Curriculum Management
• Student Attendance Feedback
• Result Management
• Student Evaluation
• Academic Calendar
• Exam Management
• Teacher Staff Management
USING THE SERVICES OF EDU-
SMART FROM 2009

29. CASE TWO: SUNNYDALE SCHOOL
PRIMARY RESEARCH FINDINGS
Stakeholder’s Benefitted:
• Principal
• Teachers
• Administration
• Parents
• Students

30. E-LEARNING CASE FOUR: ONNOROKOM PATHSHALA
CASE THREE: SHIKKHOK.COM

31. CASE FOUR: ONNOROKOM PATHSHALACASE THREE: SHIKKHOK.COM
YOUTUBE CHANNELCOMPLETE WEBSITE
LAUNCHED IN 2012 YET TO LAUNCH

32. CASE FOUR: ONNOROKOM PATHSHALACASE THREE: SHIKKHOK.COM
COURSES: COURSES:
• MATH
• PHYSICS
• CHEMISTRY
• COMPUTER SCIENCE
• BUSINESS STUDIES
• MUSIC
• ROBOTICS
• COOKING……..
SSC & HSC SCIENCE SUBJECT

33. CASE FOUR: ONNOROKOM PATHSHALACASE THREE: SHIKKHOK.COM
• BOTH ARE IN BANGLA
• RUN BY STUDENTS
• COVERS ACADEMIC SYLLEBUS
• EXPANDING QUITE FAST

34. CASE FOUR: ONNOROKOM PATHSHALACASE THREE: SHIKKHOK.COM

35. FOREIGN POTENTIAL
• Learning gateway
• Online Payments
• Personnel data management
• Communications management
• Data Discovery
• Rollcall
• Renweb

36. RECOMMENDATIONS
• Efficient Use of existing technology (UDVASH MODEL)
• Advanced Software Access (FREE TRIALS)
• Friendlier Policies and their implementation

37. THANK YOU