UNB, Sylhet :
Noting that it is not possible to establish a hunger- and poverty-free Bangladesh without an educated nation, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday hoped that the country will soon achieve 100 percent literacy rate.
“The country has already attained 71 percent literacy rate thanks to various pragmatic steps of our government. We hope we can achieve 100 percent literacy rate soon…establishing a hunger- and poverty-free Bangladesh is not possible without an educated nation,” she said while addressing the platinum jubilee celebration programme of Madan Mohan College here.
The Prime Minister called upon the well-off section of society to come forward to further develop the country’s educational institutions to achieve 100 percent literacy rate. Sheikh Hasina said her government has taken various measures to make the country’s education system time-befitting and science and technology-based one.
“We want to ensure quality education for all. That’s why we’ve given priority to science and technology-based education and our government during 1996-2001 took measures to establish 12 science and technology universities,” she said.
Hasina said, her government set up Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University in Dhaka to ensure higher education for medical students, while a process for setting up such universities in Chittagong and Rajshahi is on. “Such a university will also be established in Sylhet as per a government plan to set up a medical university in all divisional headquarters.”
Extending her sincere thanks to able sons Madan Mohan Das for establishing the Madan Mohan College after the name of his father, the Prime Minister hinted at nationalization of the college following the demand of all quarters of the divisional city.
“There’s the only demand from all-nationalisation of the college and the honourable finance minister has a big role in this regard. I think where there is finance minister, there won’t be any problem in nationalising the college,” she said.
The literacy rate rose to 65 percent after Awami League came to power in 1996 and Bangladesh got UNESCO Literacy Award in 1998 in recognition of the huge achievement, she said. But the literacy rate declined to 47 percent
during the BNP-Jamaat rule. However, the literacy rate was again increased to 71 percent after assuming office by the Awami League government in 2009.
Finance Minister and Chairman of the college governing body AMA Muhith presided over the function and placed obituary references at the function. Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid, State Minister for Finance and Planning MA Mannan, Education Secretary Sohrab Hossain, a member of the founding family of the college, Shukhendu Bikash Das, were present as special guests.
Vice Chancellor of National University Dr Harun-or-Rashid delivered ‘platinum jubilee lecture’ at the function, while AL central organising secretary and member of college governing body Advocate Misbahuddin Siraj, Sylhet Sadar Upazila Chairman Ashfaq Ahmed, member of college governing body and former student Bizit Chowdhury, former vice-president of college students union Asaduddin Ahmed also spoke on the occasion.
Noting that it is not possible to establish a hunger- and poverty-free Bangladesh without an educated nation, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday hoped that the country will soon achieve 100 percent literacy rate.
“The country has already attained 71 percent literacy rate thanks to various pragmatic steps of our government. We hope we can achieve 100 percent literacy rate soon…establishing a hunger- and poverty-free Bangladesh is not possible without an educated nation,” she said while addressing the platinum jubilee celebration programme of Madan Mohan College here.
The Prime Minister called upon the well-off section of society to come forward to further develop the country’s educational institutions to achieve 100 percent literacy rate. Sheikh Hasina said her government has taken various measures to make the country’s education system time-befitting and science and technology-based one.
“We want to ensure quality education for all. That’s why we’ve given priority to science and technology-based education and our government during 1996-2001 took measures to establish 12 science and technology universities,” she said.
Hasina said, her government set up Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University in Dhaka to ensure higher education for medical students, while a process for setting up such universities in Chittagong and Rajshahi is on. “Such a university will also be established in Sylhet as per a government plan to set up a medical university in all divisional headquarters.”
Extending her sincere thanks to able sons Madan Mohan Das for establishing the Madan Mohan College after the name of his father, the Prime Minister hinted at nationalization of the college following the demand of all quarters of the divisional city.
“There’s the only demand from all-nationalisation of the college and the honourable finance minister has a big role in this regard. I think where there is finance minister, there won’t be any problem in nationalising the college,” she said.
The literacy rate rose to 65 percent after Awami League came to power in 1996 and Bangladesh got UNESCO Literacy Award in 1998 in recognition of the huge achievement, she said. But the literacy rate declined to 47 percent
during the BNP-Jamaat rule. However, the literacy rate was again increased to 71 percent after assuming office by the Awami League government in 2009.
Finance Minister and Chairman of the college governing body AMA Muhith presided over the function and placed obituary references at the function. Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid, State Minister for Finance and Planning MA Mannan, Education Secretary Sohrab Hossain, a member of the founding family of the college, Shukhendu Bikash Das, were present as special guests.
Vice Chancellor of National University Dr Harun-or-Rashid delivered ‘platinum jubilee lecture’ at the function, while AL central organising secretary and member of college governing body Advocate Misbahuddin Siraj, Sylhet Sadar Upazila Chairman Ashfaq Ahmed, member of college governing body and former student Bizit Chowdhury, former vice-president of college students union Asaduddin Ahmed also spoke on the occasion.
