Internet Services at Kutubdia

COAST trust, is a NGO working in the coastal belt of Bangladesh to promote the livelihood of the coastal people  providing the basic needs like education, information technology and other services. In this context COAST has established a Coastal Rural Knowledge Center (CRKC) in the remote island Kutubdia (Under Cox’sBazar district) for ensuring the ICT facilities in local level. The center will provide an opportunity among the students and rural youths to be oriented with the laptop computer in the island where electricity is yet to reach.

The opening ceremony was held on 2nd January’07 at kutubdia high school presided one by Mr. Delower Hossin , Chairperson of school management committee. The executive Director of COAST Trust Mr. Rezaul Karim Chowdhury has inaugurated the ceremony where many people from different walks of society attended in the program.
The chief guest Mr. R.K Chowdhury said, this ICT center will be a knowledge center for the students and professional in the remote island.With the introduction of Internet service, rural youths and students will come under the fold of information technology and move forward along with the urban youths.
He also emphasis on learning English intensively and speaking English in school level. In global contested, - without learning English, no nation can create any space for  development.

Its  in his speech that – The CRKC/ICT center will be milestone of ICT development in kutubdia, added in his speech The chairperson of the session Mr. Delower hossion said  - this center will change the livelihood pattern of the new generation, if they proper use it. People will have access for reading daily news paper through internet. We should not wait for tomorrow to get the today’s news paper, we can get it easily just clicking in the mouse in internet.
End of the session the participants practically used the laptop for reading the daily news paper and  oriented with other functions of trust.  Initially COAST Trust has provided one laptop, one mobile set with GPRS connection, 6 nos of solar home system (300wp) with converter and one technical staff for providing the services.                                                                                                                             

The inauguration program was also addressed by Kutubdia Model High School Headmaster Nasir Uddin Kutubi, Unicef project officer Syedul Huq Milky, The Daily Star journalist Muazzem Hossain Shakil, Atiqul Islam Chowdhury, F M Nurul Alam and others.

Md.Atiqul Islam Chowdhury

ProgramCoordinator - Research and Evaluation

E-Mail: atique@coastbd.org