RAJSHAHI, Aug 11, 2018 (BSS)-Role of competent youths and students in
particular is very important for creating mass-awareness together with
forging a social resistance against all sorts of social crimes including
extremism and militancy, said speakers at a programme here on Friday.
They said the students and other youths should be groomed as social
watchdog through imparting them with skill development training so that they
can contribute to society and the nation positively.
They termed the young generation a vital power for the nation and viewed
they must be built as worthy citizens through enhancing their level of
confidence.
Time has come to generate leadership characteristics among the youths, they
added. They were addressing the closing session of a four-day “youth
leadership training for core member” in Postal Academy training room.
CCD Bangladesh organised the event in association with Democracy
International Bangladesh and Engaging Youth People against Violent Extremism
and Religious Militancy project.
Some 32 talented students from Rajshahi University, Rajshahi College, North
Bengal International University and Varendra University attended the
programme.
Main thrust of the training was to boosting peace, harmony and tolerance
among the participating youths through enhancing their leadership and
competence.
Prof Shah Azam Santonu from Department of Marketing of Rajshahi University,
CCD Director Golam Mourtoza and its Joint Director Shahana Parveen, Project
Coordinators Mehedi Hassan Tanveer and Ayesha Siddiqua and Programme Officer
Amzad Hossain addressed the session.
Prof Shah Azam stressed the need for arranging leadership training for the
students for equipping them with modern knowledge for the sake of cherished
national development.
He viewed there is no alternative to generate community leadership among
the students to take forward the nation successfully and that is very
important to bring a qualitative change everywhere in the society.
Disseminating his expertise on various youth development issues, he
mentioned that each of the youths should have commitment of building a
poverty-free and self-reliant Bangladesh.
Prof Azam viewed time has come to generate more and more students
leadership in the society for making them time-fitting social actor to free
the society from various crimes and malpractices like drug-addiction.