It is now the need of the time to encourage the
young generation in modern education based on science and technology to
achieve sustainable development with the aim of building a developed
Bangladesh by 2041.
Officials and experts expressed the opinion today in a discussion arranged at
the inaugural ceremony of the two-day district level Science and Technology
Week and Science Fair-2023 at Rangpur Zilla School auditorium in the city.
The district administration is organizing the event under supervision of
National Science and Technology Museum and patronization of the Science and
Technology Ministry marking the 44th National Science and Technology Week and
Science Fair-2023.
Divisional Commissioner Dr Chitralekha Nazneen launched the fair by cutting a
ribbon and releasing a balloon with festoon in the inaugural ceremony and
addressed the discussion as the chief guest.
Presided over by Additional Deputy Commissioner (Education and ICT) Md. Abdul
Mannan, Principal of Rangpur Government College Professor Md. Mossarraf
Hossain and Superintendent of Police Md. Ferdous Ali Chowdhury addressed the
event as special guests.
Secondary and higher secondary level educational institutions from all over
Rangpur district have set up stalls on the fair premises projecting diverse
scientific projects, research activities and innovations and ICT-based
technologies.
The speakers stressed on inspiring the young generations in science- and
technology- based modern education to prepare them for facing challenges of
the fourth industrial revolution to attain sustainable national development.
They put importance on popularisation of science- and ICT-based education to
attain self-sufficiency in all spheres for attaining the sustainable
development goals by 2030 on the way to build a developed Bangladesh by 2041.
The chief guest narrated realistic steps taken by the government to
popularize science-, technology-based modern education among the young
generation and enhance their skills to accelerate uplift for attaining
sustainable national development.
Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha