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Quality teachers make the difference

Nahid tells IER conference

Staff Correspondent
A lack of quality teachers is a big challenge to achieve the expected goal in the country's education sector, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said yesterday.
"Ensuring quality education is a challenge, and we need quality teachers to meet it," said Nahid at the inaugural ceremony of a two-day conference at Dhaka University.
Many people choose teaching profession when they fail to find their desirable jobs. But, teachers must be committed because the responsibility to build the future generation lies with them, he added.
At present, the country has a total of 10 lakh teachers whereas it needs double the number, he added.
DU's Institute of Education and Research (IER) organised the national conference on "Achieving Sustainable Development Coals in Bangladesh: Educational Responses, Challenges and Possibilities" at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban.
Prof Tahmina, who chaired the ceremony, said the education system should be reformed, prioritising quality research.
Mohammad Tariq Ahsan, professor of IER, said it is important to extend the primary education level up to class-VUI for
development of the education sector.
Modern assessment techniques and methods should be followed while classroom environment should be interesting to keep the students engaged, he added.
Sun Lei, Unesco chief of education in Dhaka, and Mahmudul Islam, joint secretary to the education ministry, presented separate theme papers on the "Agenda of SDG-4" and "Education Ministry's Readiness in Achieving SDG-4”.
According to the UN website, the SDG-4 aims to “ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning."
Addressing the conference, Professor Emeritus Manzoor Ahmed of Brae University said not only for meeting SDGs, a comprehensive development plan is always needed for ensuring overall development of the education sector.
Abul Kalam Azad, principal coordinator (SDG affairs) of Prime Minister's Office, said both education and human skills development are required to achieve prosperity.
Prof Yousuf Ali Mollah, member of University Grants Commission (UGC), Bangladesh, said if teachers' recruitments do not remain transparent, the country cannot reap any benefit from them. Former minister Syed Abul Hossain was awarded at the programme for his contribution to the education sector.
A total of four theme papers on different aspects of education and SDGs (sustainable development goals) were presented yesterday.
As many as 113 research papers and 18 abstracts will also be presented in the conference, said IER Director Prof Syeda Tahmina Akhter.
Rasheda K Chowdhury, advisor to a former caretaker government, chaired a session. Kazi M Aminul Islam, executive chairman of Bangladesh Investment Development Authority, and Prof Sharifa Khatun, an Ekushey Padak winner and former director of IER, also spoke.