We are currently living in an era where a country with no knowledge of modern technology such as robotics, sophisticated intelligence, machine learning, IoT (Internet of Things), Big Data, etc. will be far behind. There is no substitute for robotics and artificial intelligence to simplify our everyday lives. The use of robotics and artificial intelligence is increasingly rise day by day. With the concept of extending robotics to remote areas of our country, Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN) has celebrated Technology Week at Bhangura Jarina Rahim Girls’ High School in Pabna. For the first time girls of this school got an idea about robots. It was a six-day event started on 27 August and ended up on 1 September.
At the first attempt students completed the coding of the line follower robot. As a visible success of Technology Week, students showed their line-follower robots on a robot truck. Features of Arduino, activation of the Inter-school and Inter School-College Programming Competition, and some preliminary sessions in Programming Language C were also shared with the students in this Week. The students of Jarina Rahim Girl's High School have been working on Robot Gathering and will be participating in the 2nd Bangladesh Robot Olympiad national event to be held at TSC of University of Dhaka on September 6-7. In addition, a team from the school will take part in the Standard Chartered Bank-Prothom Alo Inter-School and College Programming Competition.
It should be noted that, Bangladesh Open Source Network (BDOSN) arranged a program titled ‘Obak Kutuhole' earlier in this year. Where some high school girls had come to Dhaka for two days for the first time in their lives. During these days, they visited various historical places and establishments and technology based companies in Dhaka i.e. Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban, National Science and Technology Museum, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Novo Theater, Dhaka University Area, Central Shaheed Minar, DBC Television Center, Nagarik Television and Information and Communication Technology Institute- Zenex Infosys, Kazi IT, Grameen Phone, Joomshaper. The main objective of this program was to unveil the possibilities of science and technology in front of the girls of remote villages.
Bhangura Jarina Rahim Girls’ High School students participated in Obak Kutuhole
In the first phase of Obak Kutuhole, four students of Jorina Rahim Girl's High School in Pabna Bhangra and Shaheedpur martyred intellectual Humayun Kabir High School in Vedarganj of Shariatpur returned to the village with a fresh passion for science. This Technology Week is organized to encourage the students in science and technology from there school life.