The worlds largest software company, Microsoft, has agreed to train thousands of students and teachers in Bangladesh in information technology, BBC Online reports Monday.
Microsofts founder and chairman, Bill Gates, and his wife, Melinda, oversaw the signing of the agreement in Dhaka.
Bangladesh education minister Osman Faruque told the BBC that 10.000 teachers and 200.000 students would be trained over the next three years.
Bangladeshs IT industry exported 7 million US dollar (43,5 mio. DKR) in software and services last year. Most of the exports went to the US, Canada, Japan and Europe. Experts say the figure is likely double this year.
“I am pleased to see such progress to bridge the digital divide and grow the software industry in an emerging market like Bangladesh,” Mr Gates said in a statement.
He met Prime Minister Khaleda Zia before leaving for India on Monday evening.
