StateMinister of Information and Communication Junayed Ahmed Polok focused on theneed to include the disabled people in the standard of improvement, said theincapacitated individuals are not ready to be especially equipped. Disablepeople are not burdened; in reality, they are the asset of the nation. Hestated the government is executing different projects to empower theindividuals who are especially equipped for preparing them in different fieldsincluding ICT. He urged the majorities to be increasingly cognizant andconscious particularly to the impaired.

TheState Minister said this while addressing the closing and prize distributionprogram of \'National IT Competition for Youth Disabled-2019\' mutually by theDepartment of Information and Communication Technology and Asia PacificUniversity at the University of Asia Pacific Campus premises situated at GreenRoad.

Duringthis time, Polok stated, the extent of the disabilities that were found in thesociety before is no longer there. People of this country have been aware ofthe last 10 years under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and herwell-known daughter Saima Wazed Putul. So as to guarantee the rights andwelfare of the diabled, the \'Disability Protection Act\' has been established in2013. We are working to ensure their rights in society. They didn\'tnotwithstanding sitting in the house being inert, rather contributing to thedevelopment of the nation with their very own talent and capability.

Healso said that online job portal will be made for these minorities. They canapply online by exchanging information, especially in accordance to their qualificationand also give and take job interviews through video conferencing. Employer willcontact the employee of any place from anywhere.

Hecommunicated that employment would be arranged for debilitated individualsthrough training. He said that in the following one year, there will be coursesof action for preparing of 3,000 impaired young people in 7 provincialworkplaces of Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC). In the next five years, theemployment of 10 lakh young people in the ICT sector will be arranged, where atleast one percent will be the disabled one.

Chairmanof the Board of Trustees of the University of Asia Pacific Manzur AhmedChowdhury, Executive Director of BCC Parthapratim Debsaha along with the other seniorofficials of the ICT Department spoke on the occasion.

Afterthat, the names of three winners were announced in four categories from 100contestants participating in different district IT competitions.