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DAY-NATIONAL-TRAINING
National Training Day tomorrow
DHAKA, Jan 22, 2020 (BSS) – The 24th National Training Day and 39th
founding anniversary of Bangladesh Society for Training and Development
(BSTD) will be observed through various programmes in the country tomorrow.
President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued separate
messages on the eve of the day wishing all success of the day’s programmes.
“To expedite the socio-economic development of a country, skilled,
experienced, professional, service-oriented and industrious workforce is
essential,” President Abdul Hamid said in a message today marking the
National Training Day.
Along with institutional education, there is no alternative to profession
based improved and modern trainings to create skilled human resources, he
added.
“The present government is playing a positive role to make different
programmes taken by the government a success for human resource development,”
Hamid said.
The President lauded the role of BSTD in observing the day and hoped that
it would continue its efforts to develop skilled manpower.
In her message, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said realizing the importance
of training, her government has taken various development and reform
programmes for the sector.
“Budget allocation for training sector has been increased. Priority has
been given to infrastructural development of the training centers,” she said,
adding that course duration of the foundation training for the cadre service
officers was extended to six months.
She also said various reform programmes, including expanding the scope of
training at home and abroad, is being implemented to develop Bangladesh Civil
Service (BCS) as a service-oriented and modern organization.
She hoped that the BSTD will act as an auxiliary force in the coming days
in implementing the government’s ‘Vision-2021’ and ‘Vision-2041’ and
contribute in building ‘Sonar Bangla’ dreamt by the best Bengali of all times
Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by developing human
resources.
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