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‘Time-fitting education imperative for dynamic economy’
RAJSHAHI, Dec 22, 2018 (BSS)- Educational experts and academics at a discussion here unanimously mentioned that time-fitting education has become an urgent need for infusing furthermore dynamism into the country’s economy.
They also observed that investing in the right type of education can be the vital means of transforming the young generation into worthy citizens.
The experts came up with the observation while addressing a daylong regional workshop titled “Pre-vocational and Vocational Implementation Plan” at Party Point conference hall in the city yesterday.
Regional Office of Department of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE) organized the workshop in association with its Secondary Education Sector Investment Programme (SESIP).
Vice-chancellor of Rajshahi University Professor Abdus Sobhan and its Pro-vice-chancellor Prof Chowdhury Md Jakaria addressed the workshop as chief and special guests respectively with DSHE Regional Director Prof Abdul Mannan Sarker in the chair.
During his concept-paper presentation, Additional Secondary of Ministry of Education and SESIP Coordinator Zabed Ahmed gave an overview of the project and its implementation strategy.
He the SESIP intends to achieve a more relevant secondary education in terms of quality, efficiency and equity through developing the secondary education sector as a whole.
The program will facilitate the implementation guidelines and directives regarding secondary education as set forth in the National Education Policy 2010 as well as in achieving the targets predetermined in Vision 2021.
It will make secondary education more relevant to job market by promoting efficient management, education quality and retention of students at secondary level, added Zabed Ahmed.
Professor Abdus Sobhan says Bangladesh has achieved significant economic growth with impressive progress in human development indicators in the past decades.
This achievement and pace of development need to be further intensified and streamlined in a planned manner to meet the target of achieving the status of middle income country by 2021.
In order to build up an efficient system of more dynamic economy, Prof Sobhan adds it is imperative to reduce the poverty rate, where investing in the right type of education is the key to reduce poverty.
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