A team of five students of Dhaka Polytechnic Institute (DPI) will compete in the 'Regional Enterprise Challenge' to be held from March 9 to 11 at the Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London.
The five-member DPI team includes Md Lablu Talukder, Touhida Akter Shapla, Nazia Ahmad Moon, Md Nazmul Hasan Raju and Md Ariful Islam. DPI Principal Shamsul Alam will accompany them to London.
Five teams with as many members in each from Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Nepal, Pakistan and Uzbekistan will also participate in the three-day contest.
In the event, each team will be given a topic on a product, a service or a series of activities to find out solutions to address the pollution problem in its town or village and present its ideas on the issue.
British Council (BC) is organising the enterprise competition for young people from technical and vocational schools as part of its 'skills for employability project' in Central and South Asia.
"The objective of the project is to promote technical and vocational education in Bangladesh and elsewhere across Central and South Asia", BC Director Charles Nuttal told a press conference at the city's BC office Thursday.
Nuttal said the BC aims to enhance the UK's reputation as a partner of skills development and strengthen understanding and level of trust between people of the UK and other countries with the project.
Dhaka polytec students to compete in skills dev challenge in UK
DU Correspondent | Published: March 06, 2009 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00
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