Women students pledge to represent Bangladesh as a proficient programmer in the world market
Work means problem solving. Programming is now universally accepted in the world market as a method of solving problem rather than traditional practice. Now the demand for manpower is increasing that can represent Bangladesh in the programming world. But in the field of programming in Bangladesh the presence of men is noticed, but the number of women programmers is relatively small. That's why, Bangladesh Open Source Network organizes several programming camps across the country with the aim of increasing the participation of female students in programming and the development of skilled women programmers.
In its continuation, the three-day 'Grace Hopper Girls’ Programming Camp' was organized jointly by the Computer Science and Engineering Department, University of Asia Pacific (UAP) and Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN) in Dhaka. About 30 women students of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering of the university participated in this three-day camp held on 28th and 29th June and 6th July.
Starting on June 28th, from two days students learned about the basic issues of programming. From morning on 6 July they learned the essentials for participating in programming contests and participated in a programming contest from 2pm on that day. On 7th July, on the campus of the University, a certificate was handed over to the participants and to the winner of programming contests through a unique closing ceremony by Bilkis Jamal Ferdousi and General Secretary of BdOSN Munir Hasan.
Professor and Head of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering,UAP, Bilkis Jamal Ferdousi said for the coming students to the closing ceremony that for sustainable development of information technology girls need programming skills as well as male students. Munir Hassan, General Secretary, BdOSN said that it is important to learn coding in any aspect of the practical life. Because the programming teaches how to solve a big problem with small breaks. "
Prior to this, Farjana Islam Shashi, a third year student of computer science and engineering department of the university, participated in different programming contests. She was missing the fun of doing programming. She said, "Coming to the camp, the difficulty of programming has been cut short ". She dreamed of presenting Bangladesh to a large organization like Google in future.
It is to be noted that in order to encourage women and increase the participation of women in the field of information technology, the camp organized by the Bangladesh Open Source Network under "Enabling Sustainable Development Goals for Bangladesh - SDG4BD" project. Manuser Jonno Foundation is looking into the overall development of the project. Under this three-year project, similar camps will be organized at different places in different phases of the country.