DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stressed the need for allocating more money to technical and vocational students from various government projects including Prime Minister’s Education Assistance Trust. 

Sheikh Hasina said: “More money will be allocated to the students of technical and vocational educational institutes from the trust aimed at making the youths skilled and efficient ones as they can be entrepreneurs instead of running after jobs.”

The premier said in the 6th advisory council members’ meeting of Prime Minister’s Education Assistance Trust at her office here.

Sheikh Hasina, also Chief Patron of the advisory council of the trust, said, “We should change the mindset of running after for jobs.”

She asked the youths to be employers instead of employees.

In this context, she said, “We have formed the trust to give educational assistance to talented but poor students as they can be self-reliant and thus their families.”

Deputy Education Minister Mohibul Hassan Chowdhoury, PM’s Principal Secretary Dr Ahmad Kaikaus, Finance Secretary Abdur Rouf Talukder, PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim, PMO Secretary Md Tofazzel Hossain Miah, Dhaka University Vice Chancellor Dr. Akhtaruzzaman, UGC (University Grants Commission) Chairman Kazi Shahidullah, Bangladesh Association of Banks (BAB) Nazrul Islam, among others, were present on the occasion.

Managing Director of the trust Additional Secretary Nasrin Afroz made a brief presentation on the overall activities of the trust and its future plan.

BDST: 1620 HRS, FEB 16, 2020

AH/SMS