PM for skill-based, job-oriented education instead of certificate-centric learning

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today called for developing a skill and technology-based practical and job-oriented education system in the country instead of certificate-based education. "In this era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, there is no alternative to modernising and updating the traditional education curriculum to face the challenges of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation," he said.

Tarique Rahman, also ruling BNP chairman, said this while addressing the inaugural session of a training programme on job-oriented and technical education for teachers at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Center in the capital. National University (NU) organised the training programme with the theme 'We will take job-oriented education, we will work around the world' aimed at developing 12,000 college teachers across the country as skilled teachers.

The Prime Minister said the fascist rule and exploitation of more than a decade and a half have not only taken away the democratic political rights of the people of the country or rendered the country's constitutional and statutory institutions ineffective, but has also disrupted the country's education system.  "It is now our turn to turn around in democratic Bangladesh," he added. Emphasizing on building a knowledge-based state and society, the premier said, "We must prepare ourselves in education, knowledge, science, and technology to honor the contributions of the brave people who have sacrificed their lives to establish democracy and protect the freedom of the country and its people at every turn of history, since the achievement of the country's independence and the Liberation War till today. Otherwise, it will be difficult to survive in global competition."