President's call to avoid business mentality in education

President Md. Abdul Hamid urged the entrepreneurs of this sector to avoid the mindset of doing business with education.

He said this while addressing the first convocation of the Canadian University of Bangladesh at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the capital on Tuesday afternoon.

Abdul Hamid of the universities said, "It is good for everyone to avoid the mentality of doing business with education. In the management of the university, follow the laws and regulations."

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Instead of turning the presidential universities into commercial institutions, they have become institutions for imparting knowledge and producing graduates suitable for the 21st century. He said that he does not want private universities to be run as charitable institutions, and he also does not want universities to become commercial institutions in the name of education, considering education as a commodity.

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• Mentioning that there are currently more than one and a half hundred universities in the country, he said, if you open the newspaper, you can see that some universities are distributing certificates in the name of degrees. Many universities have opened graduate factories. He said, to keep pace with the global progress in the 21st century, it is very important to ensure the quality, transparency and accountability of educational institutions with the aim of developing the nation, building a better society and producing world-class graduates.

Addressing the teachers, the President said, you are great craftsmen of making a developed nation. You must be of strong moral character, impartial, fearless and truthful. He requested everyone to work unitedly to educate and develop the young generation of the country with modern education.

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Under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the country is moving towards development and progress, Abdul Hamid said, our proud Bangladesh has now been promoted to the rank of a developing country from a less developed country.

President Hamid said that there is no alternative to spreading technology-based education to make Bangladesh a developed country by 2041 as announced by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The President also directed to prepare an up-to-date curriculum keeping in mind issues such as nanotechnology, artificial intelligence to face the challenges of the fourth industrial revolution.