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PM-TECHNICAL-EDUCATION (with picture)
PM’s initiative to enhance technical education lauded
RANGPUR, Jan 27, 2020 (BSS) – Students and teachers of Rangpur Technical
School and College (TSC) today lauded Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina for
her initiative of establishing 329 technical schools and colleges across the
country.
They expressed special gratitude to the Prime Minister for approving the
Taka 20,525.69 crore project to set up these technical school and colleges at
the upazila level to produce skilled human resources building a developed
country by 2041 next.
Led by Principal of Rangpur TSC Engineer Arbinda Kumar Barman, over
2,000 students and teachers of the institution brought an ‘Ananda Rally’ on
the streets and gathered on the Deputy Commissioners’ office premise in the
city.
The Principal sent a letter congratulating the Prime Minister through
the Deputy Commissioner for her farsighted imitative taken to produce
technically skilled human workforce to further speed up national development.
Later, Chief Instruction of Rangpur TSC Ahsan Habib, Instructor and
teachers Abdus Slam, Mostafa Kamal, Shariful Islam, Shahin Khan, Sana Ullah,
Hedayetul Islam, female and male technical students addressed the occasion.
Welcoming the imitative of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the speakers
stressed on popularising technical education and latest information
technologies among the young generation to produce skilled human resources
befitting for the 21st century.
They said spreading technical education and information technologies
among the young generations would build a solid base to properly use the
current demographic dividend to accelerate progress in building a developed
nation.
The Principal said Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur
Rahman first put due importance on technical education understanding its
crucial requirement for national development to build a Sonar Bangla that was
his life-long dream.
“Accordingly, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has put proper importance on
popularising technical education among the youth generations,” he said,
adding that the rate of enrolment to the technical educational institutions
stood at only one percent in 2009.
“However, as per the directives of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the
rate has now increased to 17 percent in 2019 and the trend continues
increasing to produce huge skilled human workforce,” he said.
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