President urges universities to ensure quality education

FE Team | Published: June 22, 2007 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00

CHITTAGONG, June 21 (UNB): President Iajuddin Ahmed Thursday urged the universities to impart contemporary knowledge in consonance with up-to-date curricula and moral values to ensure quality education and develop intellect and morality in the society.
"Bangladesh, being a developing country, needs huge capable and competent human resources to face the challenges of the 21st century," he said while presiding over the 3rd convocation ceremony of University of Science and Technology Chittagong (USTC) at its Bhashani Auditorium.
The President reminded that educational institutions particularly universities, the prime movers of producing human resources, have great roles to play in providing quality education to the students so that they can make themselves worthy enough to face the challenges ahead.
He said John Milton, the great thinker of education during the 17th century, had emphasised on the "synthesis of quality with the morality in the learning process" with a view to acquiring perfect education for the students so that they can perform their deeds justly, skillfully and magnanimously.
"The thinking of Milton is not out-of-date and still equally important for the well-being of the society."
He said it is important to give more emphasis on quality and morality education so that the present generation and the posterity could make themselves more able and worthy to face the challenges ahead.
President Iajuddin also emphasized on giving all-out attention and focus on primary education, which is the foundation of higher education, for achieving overall advancement of the society.
He mentioned that the SSC results, published recently, have given a clear indication that there are gulfs of difference between the rural and the urban areas in imparting quality education to the students.
He urged the concerned authorities to find out the root causes of the differences and to take corrective measures in this regard.
The President expressed his confidence that the graduating students of USTC are fully prepared to take the responsibility, which would be given by the nation.
All must have to work unitedly imbued with the spirit of patriotism and utmost dedication for the sake of the nation, he said.