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Bangladesh, India should work together for improvement of education: Dipu
Moni
SYLHET, April 6, 2019 (BSS) – Education Minister Dr. Dipu Moni today said
Bangladesh and India should work together for enhancing research works to
improve the quality of education of the two countries.
“Both Bangladesh and India will advance in the education sector, if the two
countries strengthen their bonding on different disciplines of education,
particularly science and technology,” she told the inaugural function of
“International Convention of Vice Chancellor” at the Shahjalal University of
Science and Technology (SUST) here.
Chairman of University Grants Commission Professor Abdul Mannan, Vice
Chancellor of SUST Md. Farid Uddin Ahmad, Vice Chancellor of Gauhati
University Dr. Mridul Hazarika, Chancellor of Meghalaya Science and
Technology University Mahbubul Haque, among others, addressed the function
with Dean of the School of Applied Science and Technology of SUST Prof Dr
Abul Mukid Mohammad Mokaddesh in the chair.
Dr Dipu said, “Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
established a historical relation between Bangladesh and India. Prime
Minister Sheikh Hasina is following the footsteps of Bangabandhu to further
strengthen bilateral relations of the two countries.”
There are huge cultural similarities between Bangladesh and India, which
is contributing to cement relationship of the two peoples, she said adding,
“We want to move forward for maximizing immense potentiality of the two
countries.”
Welcoming knowledge-sharing gathering among vice chancellors of Bangladesh
and India, the minister said the convention of vice chancellors will produce
better outcomes for improving quality of education at higher education level.
There is no alternative to exchanging knowledge-sharing on different
disciplines particularly science and technology, Dr Dipu said, “Joint
collaboration between Bangladesh and India should be developed in education
sector for keeping up with the technologically advanced world.”
Vice Chancellors of 23 universities from Bangladesh and India took part in
the convention.
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