Nahid calls for patronizing skilled-based innovation

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Economic Reporter :
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Saturday urged the industrialists and business personnel to patronize skill-based innovations of the students of technical education for the overall development of the country.
“We have attached a priority to technical education aiming to transform Bangladesh into an economically developed country,” he told the inaugural function of Skills Competition 2017 at Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission at Agargaon in the city.
Skills and Training Enhancement Project (STEP), a joint project of Bangladesh government, Canada and World Bank, has been implementing since 2010 to improve the technical education. The STEP organized the skills competition for the diploma-level students of the country.
Md. Alamgir, Secretary of Technical and Madrasa Education Division, Dr. Md. Mostafizur Rahman, Chairman of Bangladesh Technical Education Board, Dr. Mokhlesur Rahman, Senior Operations Officer of World Bank, and A B M Azad, Project Director of STEP addressed the function with Ashoke Kumar Biswas, Director General of Directorate of Technical Education in the chair.
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