Speakers at a discussion stressed the need for arranging leadership training for the students of higher seats of learning for equipping them with modern knowledge for the sake of cherished national development in future.They viewed there is no alternative to generate community leadership from among the students to take forward the nation successfully and that is very important to bring a qualitative change everywhere in the society.Besides, higher seats of learning both public and private of the country should take the responsibilities of extending all requisite supports towards the students so that they are encouraged towards the nation building process, they added.The observations came a closing and certificate-giving ceremony of a four-day training course styled “Active citizens Youth Leadership Training” held at Deans Complex of Rajshahi University yesterday.Rajshahi University and Hunger Project jointly organized the course in association with Social Action Project where 80 students from different departments of Rajshahi University and Rajshahi College attended.RU Vice-Chancellor Professor Muhammad Mizanuddin, who addressed the session as chief guest, said there is no alternative to training to enhance professional skills among the students. Apart from this, knowledge acquired from the trainings should be applied in real life. Responsibilities for social and pragmatic life must comply properly, he added.With Prof Dr Jalal Uddin Sarder, Mentor of Active Citizen’s Youth Leadership program, in the chair, RU Students Adviser Professor Dr. Sadequl Arefin and Area Coordinator of Hunger Project Subrata Kumar Paul also spoke.Dr Jalal Uddin Sarder said the initiative has been taken to engage the students towards democratic activities through their active and effective participation for strengthening capacity of professional skills.Prof Mijanuddin viewed time has come to generate more and more students leadership in the society for making them time-fitting social actor to free the society from various crimes and malpractices like drug-addiction.Enriching students’ leadership along with their capacity building is the precondition to generate job opportunities, social development and free the society from gender discriminations and vicious cycle of poverty, he further said.
He underscored the need for expanding the computer and other vocational training infrastructures to the students’ level as there is no alternative to disseminate computer literacy and knowledge to the young generation in the era of Information and Communication Technology (ICT).There should be optimum measures of creating marketing facilities of the educated youths which are being generated by the highest seats of learning every year for their self-reliance besides reducing the existing burden of unemployment. Women participation in all the development process has become an urgent need for substantial and sustainable reduction of gender disparity, Prof Mijnauddin opined. BSS, Rajshahi
