Allocating 8pc of GDP can ensure IT edn
Nahid tells memorial meet
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid speaks at a meeting organised by Moni Singh-Farhad Memorial Trust in memory of astute politician Saifuddin Ahmed Manik and noted journalist Bazlur Rahman at Shaheed Tajul auditorium in the city on Saturday. On his left is Mukul Chowdhury and on his right are Fawzia Moslem and Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal President Hasanul Haq Inu. Photo: Star
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid stressed the need for allocation of eight percent of the total GDP for education sector to ensure information technology-based education as well as its infrastructural development. “In a developing country like Bangladesh, we need an allocation of eight percent of total GDP for bringing qualitative change in the education sector. But we have only two percent, which is very poor against the present demand.” The minister said this at a meeting organised by Moni Singh-Farhad Memorial Trust in memory of astute politician Saifuddin Ahmed Manik and veteran journalist Bazlur Rahman at Shaheed Tajul Auditorium in the city on Saturday. Nahid said the government is working to develop the skills of young people through providing them with quality and time-befitting education aimed at building a prosperous Bangladesh. The youths will have to take the country's leadership in future and it is their duty to serve the nation with their knowledge, merits as well as mettle. The government is committed to preparing them as pioneers in changing the fate of the nation. The government has taken a lot of initiatives to minimise the dropout rates at primary and secondary levels, as about half of the total learners drop out at this level. “We are determined to bring fundamental change in the education sector. Institutional education is not enough, rather the students should be taught with ethics-based education for revitalisation of their moral values.” Nahid also recalled the contribution of Saifuddin Ahmed Manik and Bazlur Rahman during the mass upsurge in 1960s. Awami League leader Tofail Ahmed said there is no alternative but to restore the constitution of 1972 with a view to establishing a non-communal democracy. Terming the anti-liberation forces a major barrier to establishing Bangladesh as a prosperous and non-communal democracy, he demanded the trial of war criminals within the shortest possible of time. Workers' Party of Bangladesh President Rashed Khan Menon, Communist Party of Bangladesh General Secretary Mujahidul Islam Selim and Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal President Hasanul Haq Inu also spoke. Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury, wife of veteran journalist Bazlur Rahman, was present at the meeting.
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