The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

The silver jubilee celebration of the Bangladesh International Tutorial began at 'The Red Brick School' in Uttara in the city yesterday with the students being advised to come forward to help build the nation. Speakers at the function said that the whole nation had its eyes on the present generation of students for building a prosperous and developed Bangladesh. The first day of the 4-day programme was marked by spontaneous participation of 2,500 students, teachers and guardians.

Speaking on the occasion, former Adviser for Law and Parliamentary Affairs Barrister Mainul Hosein praised high reputation being maintained by BIT and also the strong

commitment of its Principal Ms. Lubna Chowdhury to impart the right education among her students.

To make life worth living it is vital that the aim of institutional education, specially at early stages, should be to develop awareness among the students about the importance of discipline in life as well as the purpose of life.

Barrister Mainul said the young ones are dreamers. They must be helped to have dreams to pursue lives meaningful for themselves and society. To live selfishly only for oneself is not a worthy life for a worthy person, he reminded the students.

The nation now is waiting for the great achievers for fulfilling their own dreams and those of the nation for a happy and prosperous Bangladesh, he added.

Fazle Hasan Abed, founder of BRAC expressed the hope that BIT students would grow up as competent people to make useful contributions towards building the country and said the English-medium institution would build up the students as worthy citizens by imparting the quality education. It would help flourish the latent talents of students through the inclusion of different useful lessons alongside the courses in English, he said.

Prof. Zamilur Reza Chowdhury, Vice Chancellor of the Brac University, said that the present generation should not only play important roles to build the country but also to enhance the nation's image abroad.

The function was also addressed by former secretary Abdul Muyeed Chowdhury, guardians Dr Niaz Rahman and Rahima Rahim. BIT's founder Principal Lubna Chowdhury gave the vote of thanks.

Founded in 1983, BIT's education programmes are now being offered at 10 different campuses in Dhaka.

Students presented welcome dance 'Ananda Loke', staged English drama 'A mid summer night's dream', and Rabindranath Tagore's dance drama 'Chandalika'. The 4-day silver jubilee programme will close on Tuesday.