2024-09-08 17:12:30
Published: 09:21, 8 September 2024
Chief advisor. Muhammad Yunus (file photo)
The chief adviser of the interim government. Muhammad Yunus called upon the public and private sector to achieve the goal of literacy and ensure quality education for all.
He made this call in a message given on the occasion of International Literacy Day.
Chief Adviser said, I am happy to know that like other countries of the world Bangladesh is also celebrating ‘International Literacy Day-2024’ on September 8. The main objective of celebrating International Literacy Day is to make the people of the country aware and enthusiastic about education and literacy and transform them into human resources. Education is one of the basic human rights.
He also said that education is the main tool of nation building. The need for both formal and non-formal education programs is essential to build an illiteracy-free Bangladesh. We need to improve the communication skills of our children, adolescents and youth by creating opportunities to learn one or more languages in addition to acquiring literacy in their mother tongue.
In his speech, the Chief Adviser said that literacy in multiple languages creates strong bonds between different countries, cultures and languages. By improving our communication skills, individual quality of life, national development and peace will be accelerated. The theme of this year’s Literacy Day points towards achieving that.
The chief adviser said that education is the main vehicle for nation building. And the first step of education is literacy. Hopefully, the relevant government and non-governmental organizations will always strive to implement the adopted programs as well as take effective steps to achieve the target of literacy and ensure quality education for all. That is why I call on all concerned to work together with the people.
He said, this year the theme of the day is Promoting Multilingual Education: Literacy for Mutual Understanding and Peace. Which I think is timely in Bengali ‘Promoting Multilingual Education: Literacy for Reconciliation and Peace’.
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