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Nahid calls for investing to promote innovative projects of students
DHAKA, Sept 27, 2018 (BSS) – Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid today
urged the businessmen to invest in innovative projects of the students at
technical education level.
“We all have to work together for expansion of technical education to
build a technologically advanced country,” he told a function at the
Institution of Diploma Engineers, Bangladesh (IDEB) here, an official release
said.
Director General of Directorate of Technical Education Ashok Kumar Biswas,
among others, addressed the function with Secretary of Technical and Madrasah
Education Division Md Alamgir in the chair.
Nahid said effective plans should be taken to promote technical education
to achieve the targets of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.
“We have attached top priority to expansion of technical and vocational
education to ensure better access of students to job markets,” he added.
Nahid said the government has set a target of 30 percent enrolment in
technical education by 2030 aiming to transform Bangladesh into an
economically developed country.
“In 2009, there was only one percent student enrolment in the technical
education while the current enrolment is 14 percent,” he added.
“We are promoting knowledge-based education to develop skilled human
resources to turn Bangladesh into a middle-income country. Education without
skills will create a burden for family as well as the nation,” he said.
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