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Bangladesh is a densely populated country with a population of 130 million. In Bangladesh the Government and non-Government organizations have taken sufficient initiative to increase the literacy rate but the significant development is yet to achieve. Despite the various steps taken by the Government, the literacy rate stands at 62 percent and, as such, the goal to educate all remains more or less as elusive as ever. Sophisticated technological development in the education world changes the pattern of role and responsibility of learners and teachers and creates more opportunities of learning. Using the virtual image of the Distance Education system there emerges a new horizon of innovativeness with its unlimited possibilities to resolve a very long felt need of eradicating illiteracy and developing human resources (HR) in the globe. Technologies are used in distance education and which can create a forceful impact to accelerate mass literacy, gender balance and also help develop human resources in the pursuit of acquiring different branches of knowledge and skill along with technical and vocational aspects to meet the thirsty need of the time. This paper addresses the issues for developing strategies for technology based literacy programme. It also highlights to identify the parameters for developing an appropriate technology based quality materials for literacy programme. BACKGROUND Bangladesh has taken up steps for eradication of illiteracy and poverty as its major program which are being carried out with the help of government and non-government organizations. It has achieved remarkable success in the literacy drive increasing the literacy rate from about 40 % in 1995 to 60 % in 2000. The country has a very large number of NGOs running their activities quite professionally and very effectively. Nearly 42-45 % of development funding is channelled through the NGOs and the Government has, in their policies and functions, played an important role to the NGOs. A new dimension is added to this by the emergence information age, which is making in-roads in Bangladesh quire fast. Bangladesh Open University is using ICT in many of its activities and is bestowed with quite modern IT facilities. The Bangladesh Open University being the only open education institution in the country offering open school and higher education programme is using distance education method and materials in all its activities of teaching, learning and evaluation.

Technology Enable Literacy Education through Open and Distance Learning (ODL) in Bangladesh: An Approach