The government is going to train some 10,000 entrepreneurs of Union Digital Centers (UDCs) in the country on report and feature writing, outsourcing and e-commerce to build them as "info leaders."

The training will be provided under the project "Trinomuler Tathyajanala Karmasuchi," of the ICT division.

State Minister for Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak disclosed it at a Meet-the-Press programme at the auditorium of Bangladesh Computer Council Auditorium in the capital on Thursday .

Trinomuler Tathyajanala and Tathyaseba Barta Sangstha organised the press meet marking the inauguration of a programme to build master trainers who will train the UDC entrepreneurs.

The three-year-long project will be implemented spending Tk 6.42 crore. The entrepreneurs will be given outsourcing training so that they can increase their income by working with online market places, said Palak.

Mentioning that some seven lakh people have created their own jobs in the ICT sector, he said the government will increase the number to 20 lakh by 2021. The state minister said the government is also planning to give some 1,900 journalists IT training at district and upazila levels so that they can increase their income through IT-related works.

Chief Information Commissioner Dr Golam Rahman and ICT Secretary Shyam Sunder Sikder were, among others, present.