IDB-BISEW Scholarship for Bangladeshi Students

Whenever something new happens to Bangladesh, everyone seems to go and grab it. Well, that's not only true to Bangladesh but all the third world developing countries. Every new concept or business seems to grow like mushrooms. Same goes to IT Education. It became so popular in Bangladesh that all the students, educational institutions seemed to jump for it. Well, as with any new sector - investors are hard to find - so, because of less investor in IT business, there's less number of opportunities for IT degree holders. As a result many go for anything they get there. That's the situation with any third world developing countries. So, you, as an IT student need to keep yourself updated and always keep a sharp eye on any new opportunities that comes along your way. One such opportunity for Bangladeshi IT degree holders is the IT Scholarship offered by IDB-BISEW.
 

 IDB-BISEW Announce IT Scholarship for Round-14 (www.idb-bisew.org). 

Currently in its ninth year of operation, the IDB-BISEW IT Scholarship Project was launched in 2002. The training programme under this project started in 2003. The program's aim is to enhance the employment prospects of meritorious Muslim youths who come from financially disadvantaged background. By imparting high quality and professional level IT training of global standard to these individuals, the IT Scholarship training program seeks to establish them as highly effective IT professionals who are able to secure rewarding careers at home and abroad.

Who can apply for the IDB-BISEW scholarships ?
• Candidates must have the following academic backgrounds:
o Bachelors/Fazil degree holders, or
o Diploma holders in Civil Eng. or Architecture
• Candidates must have at least second division or equivalent results in their SSC and HSC examinations.

Benefits :
1. Opportunity to achieve a professional IT career in only one year
2. The quickest route to financial independence
3. Achieve international recognition of skills through Vendor Certification
4. Guaranteed job placement
5. The best of the best IT professional training available in Bangladesh
6. Completely free with no hidden cost involved
The Employment Market & IDB-BISEW Graduates :

The most striking aspect of the project has been its outstanding placement record. Almost all graduates of the program get placed in jobs right after completing their training. It currently maintains 95% of placement record. These employments take place in a wide variety of sectors and firms.

The strong hands-on skills of IDB-BISEW graduates, their familiarity with popular and modern tools and technologies make them very attractive to ICT employers. One measure of the IT Scholarship Project's success is that organizations who recruit the graduates of the project once tend to make repeat recruitments from the project. Their experience with graduates of the IT Scholarship Project has been very productive and thus encourages them to take more IDB-BISEW graduates into their organizations

CareerHub: Placement Cell maintains a dedicated web based job site named CareerHub. Only the graduates of IDB-BISEW keep their CV in this site. Employers choose CVs from this site.
Employment Status: Placement Cell continuously update the employment status of graduates and keep the status available for all trainees of IDB-BISEW so that graduates can locate the other alumni members. Over 400 organizations at home and abroad employed graduates of the IDB-BISEW IT Scholarship Project. A sample listing of the various industrial and commercial sectors (sorted from high to low) of employment are shown below:

Sectors Employing IDB-BISEW Graduates

Sectors of Employment

1. ICT – IT Services
2. ICT – Software Development 
3. Self-Employed
4. Banking and Finance
5. ICT – Telecommunication
6. Education
7. Public/Govt
8. General Manufacturing
9. Garments & Textiles
10. Professional Services
11. Trade and Commerce
12. Construction & Real-estate
13. NGO
14. Chemical & Pharmaceutical
15. Abroad