UNB, Dhaka :
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the government is committed to sustaining Bangladesh’s recognition as a developing country through the expansion of education and building skilled workforce and worthy citizens.
“Bangladesh today is a developing country. We’ve to maintain the recognition we’ve got, and for that we need to expand our educational facilities, build a skilled workforce and worthy citizens,” she said.
The Prime Minister said this while inaugurating a programme of distributing stipends, tuition fees, admission assistance and treatment grants among poor and meritorious students from the PM’s Education Assistance Trust at the Ministry of Education.
Sheikh Hasina joined the programme virtually from her official residence Ganobhaban.
Hasina said the government is firmly committed to building skilled and worthy citizens. “To make Bangladesh free from poverty, education is needed most. We think, like the Father of the Nation, that spending on the education
sector is not an expense at all. We do consider it as an investment and that’s the investment for the future generation,” she said.
The Prime Minister said the government is setting up various universities across the country considering the demand for the modern world.
She mentioned that the government has established Maritime University and Aviation University considering the requirement of a specific area.
The Prime Minister also mentioned that science and technology-based education along with vocational one is most needed as these could create employment opportunities both at home and abroad.
