Microsoft Bangladesh signed a MoU with British Council

Microsoft Bangladesh signed an agreement with British council last week. This is to support the global commitment from both organizations to combine the expertise in order to increase innovative teaching and learning practices. British Council Bangladesh will be Microsoft’s teacher training partner in Bangladesh. Both organizations will use resources based on Microsoft’s Partners in Learning (PiL) teacher training content and the British Council’s Connecting Classrooms face to face teacher training content. Through Microsoft Partners in Learning Network, Educators and School leaders will register themselves proactively in the PiL network and utilize the free assets, professional development curriculum, and communities of practice on the Partners in Learning Network. Microsoft supports Ministry of Education, Bangladesh to recognize the value of technology in schools and seek to jointly improve both access to, and the use of, ICT for the support of teaching and learning.

Beth Watson, Education Director APAC, Microsoft Corporation and Dominic Register, Schools Programme Development Manager, British Council signed the memorandum of understanding (MoU) on behalf of their respective organizations.

Pubudu Basnayake, Chief Operation Officer, Ahsan Sharif, Public Sector Director and Sarana Islam, Education Program Manager, Microsoft Bangladesh was also present at the signing ceremony.