The New Nation - Internet Edition

BSS, Dhaka

Speakers at a roundtable on Saturday underscored the need for bringing reforms in education sector by attaching priority to technical and vocational education to face the challenges of globalisation.

Participating in the roundtable on "Job Oriented Education to Face the Challenges of Globalisation", they said the country's huge manpower could be turned into human resources by giving importance to technical and vocational education in the reforms.

The daily Shamakal and the BSB Cambrian College organised the roundtable at BIAM auditorium here. Chairman of the college Lion MK Bashar gave address of welcome at the function.

Presided over by Shamakal Editor Abed Khan, the function was addressed, among others, by joint secretary of education ministry Humayun Khalid, former president of Dhaka University Teachers Association (DUTA) Professor AASM Arefin Siddiq, secretary of DUTA Prof Anwar Hossain, Director General of Technical Education Directorate Prof Abul Bashar, Principal of the college Prof Karunamoy Gowshami, writer Dr Hayat Mahmud, Chief Coordinator of National Teachers- Employees Front Principal Kazi Faruk Ahmed and Chief Coordinator of Teachers-Employees Oikkajote M Salim Bhuiyan.

Prof Arefin Siddiq said education is the base of a nation's social, economic, political and cultural foundation.

He urged the government to implement the report of Dr Kudrat-e-Khuda Education Commission to accelerate the activities of technical and vocational education.

Abed Khan laid stress on bringing reforms in the education sector to make it time-befitting for facing the challenges of globalisation.

He said huge manpower of the country could be made human resources in a planned way through providing proper education. Policymakers should give more importance to technical and vocational education to make the plan a success, he added.