Mayor of Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) and valiant freedom fighter Alhaj Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu has stressed for spreading and popularising technical educations to attain sustainable national development.
He was addressing the inaugural ceremony of the private sector technical educational institution of Engineers’ Institute of Technology (EIT) at Guptapara area of Ward no-5 in the city on Sunday afternoon through cutting ribbon as the chief guest.RCC Councilor Mokhlesur Rahman Tarun, President of EIT Nazmul Alam Nazu and its General Secretary Nazmul Haque Mantu attended the ceremony as the special guests with Principal of EIT AKM Farhan Shakil in the chair.In his speech, the RCC Mayor hoped that the newly launched EIT would definitely be able to produce expert and skilled engineers, planners and architects who will work for building a developed digitised Bangladesh.He called upon the authorities of the EIT for turning Rangpur into a city of quality education with international standards at all levels including vocational, technical and medical sectors through cooperation of all concerned people.Terming information and communication technology (ICT)-based science education as the key to success, the RCC Mayor emphasised for creating adequate opportunities for the younger generations in building a time-befitting advanced nation for the 21st century.
The country moves fast towards a middle income digital nation by 2021 as envisioned by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and achieving the Millennium Development Goals utilising the technical and vocational education as the most vital pillars, he said.He called upon the male and female youths in achieving the time-befitting technical, vocational and ICT-based science education to contribute their maximum in turning Bangladesh into a developed
nation to make independence meaningful for every citizen. -BSS, Rangpur
