Nahid for effective plans to promote technical education

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday said effective plans should be taken to promote technical education to achieve the targets of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, reports BSS.

“We have attached top priority to expansion of technical and vocational education to ensure better access of students to job markets,” he told a workshop on "Technical and vocational educational and Training (TVET) for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a hotel in the capital. Chief coordinator of SDGs Md Abul Kalam Azad, Director General of Directorate of Technical Education Ashok Kumar Biswas, experts, educationists and representatives of different government and non-government organisations, among others, addressed the function with Secretary of Technical and Madrasa Education Division Md Alamgir in the chair. Nahid 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, there was only one percent student enrolment in the technical education while the current enrolment 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 maximise 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. “The government has taken various ICT programmes to ensure quality of education. In a technology-based globalised world, quality education is crucial for any country. The government has realised the fact and executed its plans accordingly,” Nahid added.

Nahid for effective plans to promote technical education

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday said effective plans should be taken to promote technical education to achieve the targets of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, reports BSS. We have attached top priority to expansion of technical and vocational education to ensure better access of students to job markets, he told a workshop on Technical and vocational educational and Training (TVET) for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a hotel in the capital. Chief coordinator of SDGs Md Abul Kalam Azad, Director General of Directorate of Technical Education Ashok Kumar Biswas, experts, educationists and representatives of different government and non-government organisations, among others, addressed the function with Secretary of Technical and Madrasa Education Division Md Alamgir in the chair. Nahid 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, there was only one percent student enrolment in the technical education while the current enrolment 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 maximise 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. The government has taken various ICT programmes to ensure quality of education. In a technology-based globalised world, quality education is crucial for any country. The government has realised the fact and executed its plans accordingly, Nahid added.