Expansion of science edn stressed

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City Desk :
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said science education should be attracted to create knowledge-based society aiming at transforming Bangladesh into an economically developed country.
“The country will no longer import knowledge and technology…. We want to gain capacity for exporting knowledge and technology,” he said this on Thursday while speaking at a function organised at Tejgaon Government Science College in the city, an official press release said.
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan and Director General of Directorate of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Prof Md Mahabubur Rahman, among others, addressed the function with Principal of the college Bonomali Mohan Bhattacharya in the chair.
In an effort to promote science education, Nahid said, the government has taken special initiatives to attract more students into science aiming to generate new knowledge.
“We are offering special facilities for meritorious teachers to improve quality of education.
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