Adopt curricula relevant to era of globalisation

President Zillur Rahman gives away a gold medal to a successful graduate at the 15th convocation of North South University in the city yesterday. On his right is NSU Vice Chancellor Dr Hafiz G A Siddiqi. Photo: Courtesy

President Zillur Rahman yesterday urged all public and private universities in the country to adopt the educational curricula which are relevant to the demands of globalisation.
“During this era of globalisation, there is no alternative to modern and science-based education,” he said this while he was presiding over the 15th convocation of North South University (NSU) on its campus in the city's Bashundhara residential area.
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid attended the convocation as special gust while President of Bangkok University Prof Dr Mathana Santiwat was the Convocation Speaker.
Zillur said apart from modern curricula, it is also the responsibility of all educational institutions to correctly present the country's history, civilisation, culture, and liberation war before the nation.
“I urge the highest educational institutions of the country to play pioneer role for the nation's welfare being imbued with patriotism, not merely for making profit.”
The president said the university authorities would have to increase all sorts of facilities, including student scholarships, in a bid to facilitate higher education for the country's poor and meritorious students.
Describing education as an ongoing process, he said the trend of education depends on a country's socio-economic, geographical, cultural and political situation. “Education acts as a bridge between the present and the past, and also with the future.”
A total of 1,074 students were conferred under-graduate and post- graduate degrees at the convocation.
NSU Foundation Chairman M Shahjahan and Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Hafiz GA Siddiqui also spoke on the occasion.