Inspire women generation for pursuing best education: CA
Sunday, 19 October 2008
Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed Saturday expressed the hope that the Asian University for Women (AUW) will inspire women generations for pursuing the best education they can, report BSS.
"Bangladesh has been able to make exemplary strides in empowering women-in-education, in economic fields such as micro- finance and protection of rights" he said and added now the country is deeply enthralled at the opportunity to host the AUW.
The university is located in Chittagong, at an attractive hilly landscape in Pahartali area.
The CA, who is also the chief patron of the AUW, said this while addressing the launching ceremony of the AUW held at Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre (BCFCC) in the city. Adviser, high civil and military officials, educationists, dignitaries and students attended the ceremony chaired by the CA.
Nobel laureate and Founder of Grameen Bank Prof Muhammad Yunus was the chief guest on the occasion.
Chairman, Board of the AUW Support Foundation Jack Meyer, Co- Chair and Member of Parliament and former minister of Denmark Ms Lone Dybkjaer, Acting Vice-Chancellor and Provost of the AUW Hoon Eng Khoo and member of the Foundation Kathy Matsui spoke on the occasion.
President and CEO of the Foundation Kamal Ahmad conducted the programme. The programme was followed by a cultural function.
Women students from Cambodia, Myanmar, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and host Bangladesh are now studying in the AUW.
The government of Bangladesh has donated 104 acres of land for establishing the women university in Chittagong.
The AUW has already students of six different Asian countries, CA said and added in the next year students from another five countries will become represented in the student body.
The CA also said the AUW could make an important contribution to fostering excellence in higher education by actively engaging in recruiting the most gifted students from across Asia and faculty from all over the world.
Nobel laureate Prof Yunus said, the AUW will be a melting pot for Asia where girl students from different countries, ethnicities, languages and religions will study together and will transform them into new human being.
Common people's daughters will get access to the education of the AUW, Yunus expressed the hope and added this centre of knowledge and excellence will present such students who will have capacity and wisdom to solve the problems of their own community and will not be isolated from the respective societies.
"Bangladesh has been able to make exemplary strides in empowering women-in-education, in economic fields such as micro- finance and protection of rights" he said and added now the country is deeply enthralled at the opportunity to host the AUW.
The university is located in Chittagong, at an attractive hilly landscape in Pahartali area.
The CA, who is also the chief patron of the AUW, said this while addressing the launching ceremony of the AUW held at Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre (BCFCC) in the city. Adviser, high civil and military officials, educationists, dignitaries and students attended the ceremony chaired by the CA.
Nobel laureate and Founder of Grameen Bank Prof Muhammad Yunus was the chief guest on the occasion.
Chairman, Board of the AUW Support Foundation Jack Meyer, Co- Chair and Member of Parliament and former minister of Denmark Ms Lone Dybkjaer, Acting Vice-Chancellor and Provost of the AUW Hoon Eng Khoo and member of the Foundation Kathy Matsui spoke on the occasion.
President and CEO of the Foundation Kamal Ahmad conducted the programme. The programme was followed by a cultural function.
Women students from Cambodia, Myanmar, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and host Bangladesh are now studying in the AUW.
The government of Bangladesh has donated 104 acres of land for establishing the women university in Chittagong.
The AUW has already students of six different Asian countries, CA said and added in the next year students from another five countries will become represented in the student body.
The CA also said the AUW could make an important contribution to fostering excellence in higher education by actively engaging in recruiting the most gifted students from across Asia and faculty from all over the world.
Nobel laureate Prof Yunus said, the AUW will be a melting pot for Asia where girl students from different countries, ethnicities, languages and religions will study together and will transform them into new human being.
Common people's daughters will get access to the education of the AUW, Yunus expressed the hope and added this centre of knowledge and excellence will present such students who will have capacity and wisdom to solve the problems of their own community and will not be isolated from the respective societies.