PM wants technical education to flourish

Technical and Vocational Education Week

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday stressed the need for flourishing science and technology-based technical and vocational education alongside general education to meet the demands of a growing job market in Bangladesh.

"Science and technology-based technical education alongside general education should be spread widely in the country so that they (students) can groom themselves and gain financial solvency," she said.

The prime minister was addressing the inaugural ceremony of "Technical and Vocational Education Week 2014 (June 18-24)" at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the capital. The education ministry organised the programme.

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid also spoke on the occasion.

This is the second time such a weeklong programme is being hosted. The theme this time is "Technical and Vocational Education for facing the challenge of the 21st century".

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Account BenefitMentioning that education is the only tool that can free the country from poverty, Hasina said the country's education system is being reformed so that the future generation could receive its standard form.

Citing examples, she mentioned introduction of semester and GPA system and upgrading the educational curriculum to international standards after assuming office in 1996.

Referring Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's resolve to turn Bangladesh into the East's Switzerland, Hasina said the country can only be built that way if due importance is given to education.

She further said her government is changing the education system of Bangladesh so that primary education includes up to class VIII.