According to the ICT department, the platform will enable users to learn about the environment, health, education and connectivity via interactive games and fun lessons
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September 27, 2022 10:59 PM
The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Division is set to launch the gaming platform “Hasina and Friends.”
Marking the 76th birthday of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the platform is going to be launched on Wednesday.
According to the ICT department, the platform will enable users to learn about the environment, health, education and connectivity via interactive games and fun lessons.
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The website is dedicated for children in three age groups (6-9 years, 9-12 years, and 12-16 years) and they are further divided into four core subjects, namely environment, health, education, and connectivity.
There will be specialized stories and games for each category.
“The young generation, starting from children, will be able to learn about history and culture from the prime minister on the platform,” State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak informed while addressing a discussion meeting organized by the ICT Department on observing the National Mourning Day last month.
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The state minister for ICT also said that the local online platform is playing a role in getting to know Bangabandhu and doing research on him.
The ministry undertook the Gamification in Education Strategy to present the philosophical ideology of Bangabandhu, art, culture and literature to children and adolescents. In a greater sense, to the next generation.
As a part of that, a web portal and game series ‘Hasina and Friends’ are being created.
Golden Harvest InfoTech, a multi-disciplinary outsourcing service provider, developed the platform.
The platform contains 32 interactive stories and 12 games, the biographies of Sheikh Hasina and the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and information on the eight divisions of Bangladesh.
In the stories, the prime minister will be a character teaching the children about issues related to the environment, history and culture of the country, according to Anwar Hossain, project director at skill development for mobile game and application of the ICT Division.
Besides, the stories will teach children about the values a person should develop to become a good human being and good citizen.
There will be messages on dedication, social justice, gender equality, education, innovation, humanity, perseverance, humility, self-confidence, resilience, respect, curiosity, service and optimism.
