The education minister, Nurul Islam Nahid, on Friday urged all sections of people to extend their helping hands alongside the government’s initiatives for developing latent talent of students.
‘We can create talented people by ensuring opportunities for the students,’ he told a function on the occasion of giving Sher-e-Bangla Smriti stipend in the auditorium of Govt Laboratory School in the capital.
The Barisal Division Welfare Association organised the function, an official release said.
Chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on the education
ministry Rashed Khan Menon and meadmaster of Motijeel Govt Boys
High School Syed Hafizul Islam, among others, addressed the function with president of Barisal
Division Welfare Association AS Mahmudur in the chair.
Nahid said the government introduced the
creative talent hunt competition for the first time across the country this
year to create opportunities for meritorious students
to develop their latent talent.
Nearly 7,000 students have been awarded in different categories in the competition, he said, adding that 12 top students also were awarded nationally.
The minister said
the country witnessed a significant progress in
the education sector
during the last
four years of the government.
‘We have taken time-befitting initiatives including distribution of free
textbooks among the students, utilisation of information technology, formulation of national education policy and new curriculum for improving quality of education,’ he added.
-With New Age input
