Launching Ceremony of ICT based Literacy Primer
31 August, 2008 at BRAC Centre

An ICT based Educational Material of UNESCO entitled as “Nari O Naksha” has been launched on the last 31 August, 2008, in BRAC Centre. The content of this education material has been made by a Development Organization D.Net. In this programme MR. M Mosharraaf Hossain Bhuiya, Secretary, Ministry of Primary & Mass Education was present as the Chief Guest. The programme was chaired by Mr. Malama Meleisea, Director and Representative, UNESCO Bangladesh and Mr.Mohammad Ali, Team Leader of Practical Action and Ms. Mostan Zida Alnoor, Researcher of D.Net was also present in the programme.

During launching the CD and the book Mr. M Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiya Informs the audience that the Govt. of Bangladesh is planning to spread out the adult literacy programme of the country through ICT. Under this work plan in pilot project literacy will be given to illiterate women and girls through laptop and telecentre.

Mr. Malama Meleisea, Director and Representative, UNESCO Dhaka says that UNESCO has been working to spread out education in Bangladesh for a long time and usually we do want to hold the flow in future, too. One new stream of our deeds is this ICT based educational material “Nari O Naksha”. After carrying out a long research throughout the Bangladeshi Villages UNESCO has developed this material by taking the real story, livelihood activities and even the local languages of the inhabitant of those villages. It will play a potential role in literacy prgramme for the women and adolescent girls engaged in different economic activities.

The assistant editor of the CD, Mr. S M Ashraf Abir during demonstrate the CD explains that in greater Mymensing including Jamalpur and Sherpur district some other villages are inhabited with those female who are very much skilled in sewing activities. Although for poverty they are deprived of literacy, but yet they are playing a potential role in economical solvency to their family.

Here every village has female leaders, who by the side of their own work also collect the works of the other women of that village. They supply those products to the showrooms and from there again return to village with new orders for the workers. Thus a work cycle is going on through the area. The owner of these show rooms is also female. These owners meet the local demand and also supply their product to the big cities like Dhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet, etc. Thus women of this area are plying an active role in economical sector. As for poverty a large part of them are lack of literacy so this material has been developed keeping pace with their activity to make them literate.

For students’ making favorable to learning process the CD has a printed book version as well. For learning how to write there is a workbook “Amio Likhte Pari”. Each chapter of this CD is assembled by the story and picture of these working women, their every day work, problem, struggle and above all their role in economic sector and for this reason the learners will be able to attached with the material spontaneously and side by side using computer they will introduce with the latest technology of the world.