DHAKA, Feb 7, 2024 (BSS) - Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) of the ICT Division is going to organize a job fair for people with disabilities in the city on February 10.

The day-long fair will be organized on the NGO Affairs Bureau office premises in the city's Agargaon area on Saturday, said an official release here today.

State Minister for Posts, Telecommunications and Information and Communication Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak will inaugurate the job fair as the chief guest, the release said.

The BCC, in collaboration with the Centre for Services and Information on Disability (CSID) has been organizing the fair since 2015 with the aim of providing jobs to specially-abled people.
 
According to the release, about 500 job seekers have already submitted online applications.
 
Among them, efficient and skilled people in computer education have been called to face interviews at the fairground.
 
The organizing authorities are expecting that it would be possible to give jobs to around 50 people at the fair while more than 200 job candidates will be shortlisted for interview for subsequent recruitment.
 
Coordinator of the job fair and Manager (Systems) of BCC Golam Rabbani said that the BCC has been giving training on ICT to the people with disabilities at free of cost since 2011.
The job fair is organized mainly to give jobs to persons who have taken training in ICT from BCC, he said, adding, over 900 persons with disabilities skilled in ICT have got jobs through the fair since 2015.
 
ICT-based institutions belonging to different trade bodies or associations, including Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS), e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh (e-CAB), and Bangladesh Association of Contact Center and Outsourcing (BACCO) member organizations, will participate in the fair.