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Govt working to improve quality of education: Nahid
DHAKA, Sept 20, 2018 (BSS) – Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid today
said the government is sincerely working to ensure the quality of education
by taking ICT-based programmes.
“Despite many challenges, our government has implemented some remarkable
and praiseworthy ICT-based projects for improving the standard of education
by introducing digital textbooks in classrooms,” he said.
The education minister was addressing a launching ceremony of
Interactive Digital Textbook (IDT) of GRADE-6 at International Mother
Language Institute in city’s Segun Bagicha.
Speaking as the chief guest, Nahid said: “We’re introducing digital
textbook system for ensuring better future of students in the ICT-based
globalised world”.
“You (students) are the future of the country. That’s why you have to be
good citizen by acquiring knowledge to accelerate the country’s development
process for building a prosperous Bangladesh,” he said.
The education minister urged the students to acquire knowledge on modern
education aiming to keep them updated with the job markets of changing world.
“To maximise the benefit of ICT use in classrooms, we also need a bunch
of trained, motivated and technology-friendly teachers who will make the
whole process effective and successful,” he said.
Nahid said teachers are the driving force of the education sector.
Asian Development Bank (ADB) Country Director Manmohan Parkash,
Secondary and Higher Education Division Secretary Md Sohrab Hossain,
Technical and Madrasah Division Secretary Md Alamgir, Director General of
Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE) Prof Md Mahabubur
Rahman, among others, addressed the function with National Curriculum and
Textbook Board (NCTB) Chairman Prof Narayan Chandra Saha in the chair.
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