The
government launched the Tk 13.47 billion project titled ‘Introduction of ICT
at the Secondary and Higher Secondary Levels’ in 2016 to expand digital
education. However, allegations of irregularities surfaced almost from the
outset, including ghost purchases, advance payments without training,
fraudulent training certificates, and the procurement of substandard computers
and multimedia equipment. Investigations later found that nearly Tk 3 billion
had been misappropriated. The then Awa...
