BSS, Dhaka :
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Friday urged the teachers to perform their duties with dedication and utmost sincerity as they are main force to develop skilled manpower. Teachers should groom up the young generation with quality education to build an economically advanced country, he told a discussion in the auditorium of Army Golf Club Garden here, an official release said. Additional Secretary of the Technical and Madrasah Education Division AKM Zakir Hossain Bhuiyan, Additional Secretary of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Division Nazmul Haque Khan and Chairman of Technical Education Board Md Mostafizur Rahman, among others, addressed the discussion with President of Bangladesh Technical Education Welfare Association Md Nazmul Islam in the chair.
Nahid said, “Teaching is a noble profession…. We have given different facilities, including increasing salary and other benefits, to ensure dignified life of teachers in the society.”
He said the government has attached top priority to expansion of technical and vocational education to ensure better access of students to job markets.
He 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, the percentage of students’ enrolment in the technical education was one while the current enrolment rate 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. “To maximize the benefit of using ICT in a classroom, we need a bunch of trained, motivated and technology-friendly teachers who will make the whole process effective and successful,” the minister added.
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Friday urged the teachers to perform their duties with dedication and utmost sincerity as they are main force to develop skilled manpower. Teachers should groom up the young generation with quality education to build an economically advanced country, he told a discussion in the auditorium of Army Golf Club Garden here, an official release said. Additional Secretary of the Technical and Madrasah Education Division AKM Zakir Hossain Bhuiyan, Additional Secretary of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Division Nazmul Haque Khan and Chairman of Technical Education Board Md Mostafizur Rahman, among others, addressed the discussion with President of Bangladesh Technical Education Welfare Association Md Nazmul Islam in the chair.
Nahid said, “Teaching is a noble profession…. We have given different facilities, including increasing salary and other benefits, to ensure dignified life of teachers in the society.”
He said the government has attached top priority to expansion of technical and vocational education to ensure better access of students to job markets.
He 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, the percentage of students’ enrolment in the technical education was one while the current enrolment rate 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. “To maximize the benefit of using ICT in a classroom, we need a bunch of trained, motivated and technology-friendly teachers who will make the whole process effective and successful,” the minister added.
