Bangladesh Computer Council
Encyclopedia
Bangladesh Computer Council(BCC) is the regulatory body of computer
and information technology
related activities in Bangladesh
. It is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Science and Information & Communication Technology of Bangladesh. BCC is responsible for formulating policies to ensure effective and systematic growth of the computer and information technology sector of the country.
1. Advisory Services
BCC as the organization of the government entrusted with the responsibility to deal with matters related to computerization, renders advisory services to different government departments, organizations and autonomous bodies. It has contributed in computerization of about one hundred and forty organizations during the period of 1990-91 to 2005-06. The list of organizations includes the ministries, directorates, projects, autonomous bodies, schools, colleges, and many other types of organizations. The year-wise list is given in Annex-A.
2. IT- Based Training Courses
Computer related training is important in developing skilled manpower in information technology. Training has an important place among the activities of BCC. During the year 1990-91 to 1996-97 a total of three hundred and sixty one trainee has been trained under the training program. A large part of this group is the officials and staffs from government and autonomous bodies. Besides, the teachers of different schools, colleges and other educational institutions and private candidates took part in the training program.
3. Development Projects Taken And Implemented
Keeping in view a number of objectives, such as:
Computer
A computer is a programmable machine designed to sequentially and automatically carry out a sequence of arithmetic or logical operations. The particular sequence of operations can be changed readily, allowing the computer to solve more than one kind of problem...
and information technology
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
related activities in Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
. It is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Science and Information & Communication Technology of Bangladesh. BCC is responsible for formulating policies to ensure effective and systematic growth of the computer and information technology sector of the country.
History
BCC is a statutory body under the ICT Division, Ministry of Science and Information & Communication Technology, Government of Bangladesh for encouraging and providing support for ICT related activities in Bangladesh. It is established by Act No IX of 1990 passed by the Parliament.Objectives
The main objective of establishing BCC is to ensure the effective application and expansion of the use of information technology. In view of this BCC has been formulating appropriate policies and implementing them since its inception. The description and the lists depicting the steps taken and other activities are presented in the following sections.1. Advisory Services
BCC as the organization of the government entrusted with the responsibility to deal with matters related to computerization, renders advisory services to different government departments, organizations and autonomous bodies. It has contributed in computerization of about one hundred and forty organizations during the period of 1990-91 to 2005-06. The list of organizations includes the ministries, directorates, projects, autonomous bodies, schools, colleges, and many other types of organizations. The year-wise list is given in Annex-A.
2. IT- Based Training Courses
Computer related training is important in developing skilled manpower in information technology. Training has an important place among the activities of BCC. During the year 1990-91 to 1996-97 a total of three hundred and sixty one trainee has been trained under the training program. A large part of this group is the officials and staffs from government and autonomous bodies. Besides, the teachers of different schools, colleges and other educational institutions and private candidates took part in the training program.
3. Development Projects Taken And Implemented
Keeping in view a number of objectives, such as:
- Expansion of activities of BCC;
- Expansion of uses of computer and IT in the country;
- Development of skilled manpower;