Prospect of IT
E-commerce (Electronic commerce) has created a sensation worldwide in the age of IT. E-commerce is going on in many parts of the world. Customers can purchase their desired commodities online, sitting at home with the help of Internet.
Being a developing country, Bangladesh badly needs to participate in E-commerce that means IT. It is a fact that she has a very bright prospect for development and export of IT. Realising this prospect, the government has already announced IT as a thrust sector.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. The prospect of IT in Bangladesh is increasing day by day. A great number of educated people are receiving IT based education and training and a large number of highly educated persons are working for the growth of IT industry in Bangladesh. Many prominent industrialists have come forward for making investment in IT industry and some foreign IT based institutions have opened their sales offices and training centres in Bangladesh. So it can be said that the prospect of IT industry in Bangladesh is bright.
The developed countries of the world are using IT in almost every sector and going ahead day by day, but the use and the prospect of IT in Bangladesh still lags far behind in comparison with that.
In the developed countries, computer and Internet are used in the official functions. The development of IT depends much on the extensive use of computer. But in the offices of Bangladesh, computer is used as a type machine and Internet is used very limitedly.
In the developed countries, the demand of computer science or engineering degree holders is great. They are not to stay unemployed. But in Bangladesh although there are many institutions based on IT, they are still unemployed in the absence of a sufficient number of IT based farms. As a result, they cannot apply their acquired knowledge. This is a major impediment for the advancement of IT in Bangladesh.
In the light of the points mentioned above, it can be said that a country, which is rich in IT, is rich in economic sphere too. Discrimination between the oriental world and the occidental world can be overcome with IT. In a poor country like Bangladesh, poverty can be alleviated only by appropriate use of the knowledge of IT. In spite of some drawbacks, Bangladesh is trying to compete with the developed countries of the world with IT. It is going to be the driving force of our economic development.