US offers help in education sector
Visiting US official Robert O Blake yesterday said the US wanted to work for improving the education system in Bangladesh, which would help the students cope with future demands.
The US always wants to help Bangladesh in this area, and the two countries have taken up some measures in the sector jointly, he told journalists during his visit to Fulbari Aziaria Senior Madrasa in the district's Golapganj upazila.
The US state assistant secretary for South & Central Asia hoped that the new generation would be able to build themselves up as competent citizens since they were increasingly becoming interested in learning better English.
Stressing the need for improving the madrasa education, Blake wanted to know whether the Bangladeshi madrasa students are like that of madrasas in Pakistan or Afghanistan.
In reply, the Fulbari madrasa authorities told him that the students did not have any link to terrorism or extremism and that they learned science and English.
Blake noted that the US was now stressing more on people to people contact between the US and Bangladesh than the government level contact.
US Ambassador in Dhaka Dan Mozena accompanied Blake during his visit.
The US officials later addressed a gathering of 50 students of the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (Sust) on "violent extremism in Bangladesh".
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