DHAKA, Jan 22, 2022 (BSS) - The 26th National Training Day and 41st 
founding anniversary of Bangladesh Society for Training and Development 
(BSTD) will be observed through various programmes in the country tomorrow.

  On the eve of the day, President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh 
Hasina issued separate messages wishing all success of the day's programmes.

  "To expedite the socio-economic development of a country, skilled, 
experienced, professional, service-oriented and industrious workforce is 
essential," President M Abdul Hamid said in a message today.

  Along with institutional education, there is no alternative to profession 
based improvement and modern trainings to create skilled human resources, he 
added.

  "The present government has taken the issue very seriously and drawn up 
different programmes for human resource development," said the President. 

   Abdul Hamid lauded the role of BSTD in observing the day and hoped that it 
would continue its efforts to develop skilled manpower in the country.

   In her message, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said realizing the importance 
of training, her government has taken various development and reform 
programmes for the training sector.

  "Budget allocation for training sector has been increased. Priority has 
been given to infrastructural development of the training centers," she said, 
adding that course duration of the foundation training for the cadre service 
officers was extended to six months from four months.

  She also said various reform programmes, including expanding the scope of 
training at home and abroad, is being implemented to develop Bangladesh Civil 
Service (BCS) as a service-oriented and modern organization.

  She hoped that the BSTD will act as an auxiliary force in the coming days 
in implementing the government's 'Vision-2041' and contribute to building 
'Sonar Bangla' as dreamt by the best Bengali of all times Father of the 
Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by developing human resources.