City Desk :
Primary and Mass Education Adviser Professor Dr. Bidhan Ranjan Roy Podder on Saturday said the government wants to establish Bangla as the language of higher study.
He said this while presiding over the third convocation of Prime University at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Center in the capital.
The adviser said obtaining a degree alone is not enough, acquiring appropriate skills and competence is the key to the country’s development.
“We must remember that although we pursue higher education, we do not have employment opportunities. We pursue higher education, yet we are not becoming skilled or entrepreneurial. As a result, the economic impact and the progress that the country was supposed to achieve are not happening,” he said.
Emphasizing that technological advancement is incomplete without human capability, he said, adding, “No matter how much technical progress we make, if human development does not happen in that direction, we will never be able to lead our country toward progress.”
Highlighting human resources as the main driving force behind national development, the primary and mass education advisor said, “A country may have many types of resources for development but we have only one significant resource– our people.”
Congratulating the graduates, the advisor said, “I hope you will dedicate yourselves to serving society and the nation with your acquired knowledge, wisdom, and ethical values.”
Professor Dr. M. Shamsul Alam delivered the special convocation address while Prime University Vice-Chancellor (VC) Prof Dr Quazi Deen Mohd Khosru and Chairman of the Board of Trustees Anwar Kamal Pasha were present, among others.
A total of 1,870 graduates participated in the convocation.
