BANGLADESH

e-learning adds new dimension to journalism training: Hasan Mahmud

Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud today said e-learning platforms added a new dimension to impart training in the country’s journalism arena.

“A vast revolution has taken place in the country’s mass media during the last one decade. But, the training programme was not extended. For this online journalism training is very much crucial and convenient for professional and senior journalists. About 5000 applications of journalists for e-learning courses have proved its importance,” he said.

The minister stated these while inaugurating the e-learning platform (pibelearning.gov.bd) and distributing certificates of a course at Press Institute of Bangladesh (PIB) in the capital.

e-learning adds new dimension to journalism training: Hasan Mahmud

Dr. Hasan said it was possible to give education through online even in the COVID-19 epidemic for implementation of ‘Digital Bangladesh’ under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her ICT Affairs Advisor Sajeeb Wazed Joy.

The minister informed that he also took classes through online and exams from home and abroad of Dhaka University as a part-time teacher.

Urging the journalists to keep their role in building the society and the state as well, he said the role of Shykh Seraj of Channel i deserves praise for his development journalism in building the country and the society. An investigative report can open the third eye of a society, said Hasan, also Awami League joint general secretary.

Journalists Welfare Trust Managing Director Subhash Chandra Badal and PIB director Md Afrazur Rahman, among others, addressed the function with PIB director general Zafar Wazed in the chair.

Later, the minister handed over certificates among the participants.

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