The MLOP training center has been established with the financial assistance from Heart to Heart Foundation and Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA). The training center is equipped with modern facilities related to MLOP training such as well furnished class room, necessary MLOP equipments, Library and a Computer Lab.
In Bangladesh, approximately 1.5 million people are blind and more than 5 million people are suffering from serious eye disease. If they can get basic eye care service at the beginning stage, they could avoid serious eye disease. To serve this purpose the Karamtola, MLOP training center has been established. Usually, it takes long time to produce an eye specialist but within 1 year any person can be a MLOP who will be able to take care of the basic eye problems. This MLOP training center will admit 20 students per year and it will resume its 1st batch from June 2011.