RANGPUR, May 18, 2022 (BSS) - Rangpur Metropolitan Police (RpMP) Commissioner Mohammad Abdul Alim Mahmud has said there is no alternative to quality education for building a prosperous country and an educated nation.
 
"It is very important to provide motivation and encouragement to students to properly flourish their latent talents," he said, and quoted a proverb that says 'Virtue is not born where virtue is not valued.'
 
Alim was addressing a function held at the Rangpur Metropolitan Police Lines Hall Room on Tuesday as the chief guest, a press release said today.
 
RpMP organised the function for distribution of merit scholarships among 28 talented students, who are children of the RpMP families and got GPA-5 Plus in the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) Examinations- 2021.
 
Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Police (Headquarters and Admin) of RpMP Md. Mahidul Islam, its DC (City Special Branch) Md. Abu Bakar Siddique, DC (Detective Branch) Kazi Muttaki Ibnu Minan, DC (Crime) Md. Abu Maruf Hossain, DC (Traffic) Md. Menhazul Alam and senior officials were present.
 
The RpMP Chief said, "As our children are our future, so our children are the future citizens of Bangladesh."
 
He said most of the police personnel cannot afford to give time to their family members as they are engaged in a busy and risky profession like police.
 
"In spite of limitations, children of police members, as always, have left their mark of achievement in the SSC and HSC examinations overcoming all these obstacles," he said.
 
Later, he distributed certificates, medals and scholarship money among 28 brilliant students of RpMP families for their brilliant results in the last SSC and HSC examinations.
 
He wished the merit scholarship recipient brilliant students for their continuous success and brighter future.
 
On behalf of the scholarship recipient students, Tahiya Tasnim (SSC) and Polash Roy (HSC) expressed their feelings after getting certificates, medals and scholarship money.