More than 100,000 candidates took part in a nationwide written selection test on Saturday as part of a government initiative to equip young people with artificial intelligence (AI) skills.<\/p>\n
The examination was held simultaneously at designated centres across all 64 districts under the project titled \u201cSkill Development of ICT-Knowledgeable Youth through Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technology,\u201d implemented by the Department of Youth Development under the Ministry of Youth and Sports.<\/p>\n
Nearly 103,000 Applicants Eligible for AI Training Test<\/strong><\/p>\n According to project sources, a total of 103,996 applications were submitted for the nationwide AI training programme.<\/p>\n Following an initial screening, 102,928 applications were deemed eligible, allowing those applicants to participate in the written selection test.<\/p>\n Under the second phase of the project, 1,600 trainees will be selected, with 25 trainees chosen from each of the country\u2019s 64 districts.<\/p>\n Based on the number of eligible applicants, more than 64 candidates are competing for each available training slot on average.<\/p>\n Competition Highest in Dhaka<\/strong><\/p>\n Competition was particularly high in Dhaka, where 17,552 applicants applied for only 25 training slots allocated to the district.<\/p>\n This means approximately 702 candidates are competing for each available slot in Dhaka.<\/p>\n During the examination, Youth and Sports Ministry Secretary Md Mahbub-ul-Alam, Director General of the Department of Youth Development Md Motahar Hossain, Project Director Md Atikur Rahman and Dhaka District Deputy Director AKM Shahriar visited an examination centre in Kallyanpur, Dhaka.<\/p>\n They inspected the examination environment, seating arrangements and question paper management at the centre.<\/p>\n Practical and Oral Tests on September 27<\/strong><\/p>\n After visiting the examination centre, Youth and Sports Ministry Secretary Md Mahbub-ul-Alam said candidates who qualify in the written test will appear for practical and oral examinations on September 27.<\/p>\n He said the final results are scheduled to be published on September 30.<\/strong><\/p>\n The training programme for the 1,600 selected candidates will begin simultaneously across the country on October 1, with selection based on merit and qualifications, he added.<\/p>\n 11,200 Young People to Receive AI Training<\/strong><\/p>\n Department of Youth Development Director General Md Motahar Hossain said the two-year project aims to provide AI technology training to a total of 11,200 young people.<\/p>\n Of them, 9,600 trainees will receive basic-level training, while 1,600 will receive advanced-level training.<\/p>\n The programme will be conducted in 448 batches, with 25 trainees in each batch. Each training course will run for two months and include 50 classes totalling 300 hours of instruction.<\/p>\n Training to Cover Major AI Tools<\/strong><\/p>\n The training will provide hands-on instruction in a range of leading AI tools and platforms, including ChatGPT, Copilot, DeepSeek, Gemini, Midjourney, Runway, Synthesia, Tableau, ClickUp and Adobe Sensei.<\/p>\n The initiative is aimed at developing AI-related skills among ICT-knowledgeable young people and expanding access to advanced technology training across the country.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" More than 100,000 candidates took part in a nationwide written selection test…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[174,52],"tags":[891,887,892,560,888,890,889],"class_list":["post-3035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bangladesh","category-education","tag-ai-skills","tag-ai-training-bangladesh","tag-deepseek","tag-gemini","tag-government-ai-training","tag-ministry-of-youth-and-sports","tag-youth-development-department"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhakastatement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhakastatement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhakastatement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhakastatement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhakastatement.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3035"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dhakastatement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3038,"href":"https:\/\/dhakastatement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3035\/revisions\/3038"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhakastatement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhakastatement.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhakastatement.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhakastatement.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}