Information about IDB-BISEW
IT Scholarship
Version-02
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Hello earthlings!
I am Mohammed Shirajum Monir from Dhaka, Bangladesh. I enjoyed around 9
(nine) years of my professional career in working with IDB-BISEW IT Scholarship
Programme.
Till now, many earthlings are making calls or sending emails and SMS
for information about IDB-BISEW IT Scholarship. That’s why, I have decided to
write and share some updated information about IDB-BISEW IT Scholarship Project.
First time I wrote another article regarding this on Saturday,
September 8, 2012.
In this article I am going to share some commonly asked questions.
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1. What is IDB-BISEW?
IDB-BISEW, Islamic Development Bank-Bangladesh Islamic Solidarity Educational Wakf,
was established following an agreement between the Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah,
Saudi Arabia, and the Government of Bangladesh. IDB-BISEW undertakes funding and
implementing of projects in the areas of education, human resource development
and institutional strengthening.
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2. What is IDB-BISEW IT Scholarship
Project?
It is a technology
skills development project under which the scholarship holders are provided with
training of various IT disciplines leading to a certificate or professional diploma.
Around 3,806 graduates of the scholarship programme are employed as IT professionals
in various organizations at home and abroad.
The student
intake would take place between 3 to 4 times in a project year. Candidates may
apply in multiple intakes if unsuccessful in earlier attempts.
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3. What benefit would a candidate
get from this project?
The selected
candidates will get an opportunity to undergo training by participating in a Certificate
or a Diploma level course at one of the premiere training institute in Dhaka &
Chittagong. In financial terms these trainings are worth approximately Tk. 1,
45,000 each trainee. Moreover, trainees will also receive Tk. 2,000 per month
as stipend. The scholarship does not cover the cost to be incurred by the candidate
for food and accommodation during the training.
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4. For whom the scholarships
are applicable?
Long Courses: Type-A (12 to 14 months or shorter): A person who has already passed Bachelor’s (Pass
Course/Honours)/Fazil examination can apply for the Type-A Long Course scholarships.
Long Courses: Type-B (10 to 12 months or shorter): Individuals holding Diploma in Civil Engineering,
Architecture, Construction and Survey can apply for Type-B course.
Fast Track Courses (4 months or shorter): Pre-requisites for Fast Track Courses are provided later below.
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5. The training courses offered
in the project are:
Long Courses: Type-A
Long Courses: Type-B
Fast Track Courses (4 months or shorter)
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6. Steps involved in the candidate
selection process:
b. Enter the required
information in the form and click on the Submit button
c. Print out two
copies of the Admit Card shown on the screen and bring both copies to the exam
centre for the Aptitude Test
d. If all required
information are entered correctly and are eligible for the scholarship then a
shortlist to appear in the Aptitude Test will be published.
e. Candidates
who pass the test are called for an interview at IDB-BISEW
f. You shall be
selected for the scholarship if you pass the interview
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7. The training locations:
Dhaka &
Chittagong. Fast Track courses will only be conducted in Dhaka.
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8. Class timing:
Either in the
morning slot (9.00 am to 1.00 pm) or in the afternoon slot (3.00 pm to 7.00 pm)
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9. What about the Aptitude Test?
Candidates for
Long Courses and for the Fast Track course Digital Audio-Video Editing With Motion
Graphics shall have to undergo the Aptitude Test. In order to assess the basic
educational ability of the candidate, the Project Authority would conduct this
Aptitude Test in Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) format. The Aptitude Test shall
comprise of two sections – Quantitative (in Bangla) section and English section.
Candidates of
Fast Track Courses shall have to undergo subject-specific test. They will not
have to appear in the Aptitude Test mentioned above.
However, candidates
for the Fast Track course Digital Audio-Video Editing With Motion Graphics will
have to undergo both the Aptitude Test and subject-specific test.
There will not
be any pass or fail marks for the test. Instead, a percentile ranking system has
been adopted to select successful candidates.
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10. Career placement assistance:
The project
has a cell for the placement of IDB-BISEW graduates in gainful jobs. The cell
maintains close relationship with the employers and continuously works for arranging
interview for the graduates. The project enjoys a 92% placement rate. The Placement
Cell maintains a dedicated web based job site named careerHub. Only the graduates
of IDB-BISEW can post their CVs on this site. Employers choose CVs from this site
and select candidates for employment.
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That’s all for
now. Thank you for reading.
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