RAJSHAHI, June 17, 2023 (BSS) - Role of technical and vocational education 
coupled with post-education employment can be the crucial means of smart 
Bangladesh envisioned by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Simultaneously, technical and vocational students should be enriched with 
power of skill and innovation for transforming themselves into competent 
workforces to meet the gradually mounting demands of the modern era.

Technical experts came up with the observation while addressing a seminar 
styled "Role of Technical Education and Way Forward in building Smart 
Bangladesh" and Skills Competition- 2023 held here today.

Rajshahi Mohila Polytechnic Institute (RMPI) organized the seminar and 
competition at its conference hall to mark the Technical and Vocational 
Education Week- 2023 supported by the Technical and Madrasha Education 
Division and the Department of Technical Education. 

RMPI Librarian Abu Nasir Muhammad Siddique Hossain and Instructor Tahmid 
Sadique presented the keynote paper titled "TVET Enrolment Current Trends and 
Strategies to Build Smart Bangladesh" in the seminar with RMPI Principal Omar 
Faruque in the chair.

District Education Officer Nasir Uddin, local unit president of Institution 
of Diploma Engineers Aminul Haque, Assistant Director of the Department of 
Social Services Dr Abdullah Al Firoj and Principal of Technical Training 
Center Engineer Imdadul Haque spoke on the occasion as resource persons 
disseminating their expertise on the issue. 

The speakers opined that all students of diploma engineering courses must 
attain competency as it is very important for their success in professional 
life.

Education Officer Nasir Uddin said the present government under the prudent 
and farsighted leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has attached 
priority to the technical and vocational educations for boosting the number 
of competent workforces.
 
The government has been expanding technical institutions to the grassroots 
level aimed at transforming the youths living in villages into competent 
workforce through bringing them under the need-based technical and vocational 
educations.

In the daylong contest, 15 innovations and projects were presented for 
evaluation. Of those, three projects, 'Smart Voice Control System with 
Artificial Intelligences', 'DOERS, International Online Marketplace Web 
Application' and 'Mango Delight', were judged as first, second and third 
respectively.

On the occasion, memorandums of understanding have also been signed with six 
industrial establishments for employment of the RMPI technical and vocational 
graduates.