The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

A four-day long "Dhaka International Education fair 2007" organised by Your Exhibitions and Event Solutions Ltd (YEES) was inaugurated at the Bashundhara City yesterday.

More than 55 educational institutions from home and abroad, student-counselling firms, immigration consultants, language learning institutions, commercial bank and IT institute were participating in the fair.

About 100 stalls offered various facilities to prospective students, including spot admission, 50 to 75 per cent discount on admission, course offers, application format and other related information for higher education in the country and in foreign lands.

The fair, sponsored by Eastern Bank Ltd, would remain open to visitors from 10:00am to 9:00pm. The entrance fee has been fixed at Tk 10 per person. The fair would conclude on November 12.

Speakers said at the inaugural ceremony that about 20 thousand students go for higher education abroad each year.

Sultana Kamal former chief adviser of Caretaker Government, Annisul Haque former president of BGMEA, Mahabbhat Hossain Chowdhury and Mamun Shah, head of strategy and business development and head of consumer banking of Eastern Bank Ltd, respectively. Rezaul Karim Managing Director of YEES, MK Bashar president of Admission and Career Development Consultant Association of Bangladesh, among others, were present. Education was all about reckoning of a real human being, who acts as skilled manpower for the country, said Sultana Kamal at the inaugural ceremony of the education fair.

"It was regrettable that the new generation wants to run away from the country in search of a bright future. Earning money was the basic need, but it should not be preferred over the quest for education," she added.

Annisul Haque said, "Our education cannot produce confidant and skilled manpower. Education fair helps students to prepare themselves for the world competitive market."