Impart education of global standard
Nahid urges private universities
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday called upon private universities to provide quality education to make students competent and efficient while meeting global standards and help them contribute to country's development.
"Private universities should be committed to provide quality education with adequate infrastructure, quality faculty and other necessary facilities," he said while addressing the sixth convocation of Brac University at city's Bangabandhu International Conference Centre.
Speaking as the chief guest, Nahid said the government would extend all-out support to the universities in ensuring modern and global standard education.
Delivering the convocation speech, Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland said, "You are the generation that needs to grapple with this huge 21st century challenge in a way that my generation and generation before me have failed to."
She talked about climate justice, saying that in Bangladesh and across the world, people are struggling to secure basic necessities due to rapidly-changing environmental conditions.
"Rouge weather events destroyed lives and livelihoods of the poor. And rising sea levels threaten entire communities, in this country, in the Maldives, Vietnam and the majority of Africa's coastal cities," she said.
Explaining the role of universities worldwide, she said some universities are forming inter-disciplinary climate justice groups.
She said her foundation, Mary Foundation-Climate Justice, is interested to support links between Brac University and universities in Ireland.
Brac University Board of Trustee Chairperson Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, Vice Chancellor Prof Ainun Nishat, Pro-Vice Chancellor Prof Golam Samdani Fakir also spoke.
A total of 497 students of Brac University were conferred with degrees. Of them, 309 students were from graduate programmes and 188 from postgraduate programmes. Two students were awarded gold medals for their outstanding academic achievements.
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