Bangladesh Open University (BOU) Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Syed Humayun Akhtar has said the university will soon launch a bachelor's program (BA and BSS) for Bangladesh expatriates in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
He made the statement while speaking at a recent virtual view-exchange meeting on the activities of BOU's Nish-2 program with the Bangladesh Embassy in Saudi Arabia, a press release said on Friday.
Humayun said the BOU is going to introduce bachelor's programs - Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Bachelor of Social Science (BSS) - outside the country so that the Bangladeshi expatriates, who are called remittance fighters, can become educated through this program and can live with dignity.
It is possible to increase the country's GDP by getting the remittance fighters educated through the BOU program, he said.
Bangladesh Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Dr Mohammad Javed Patwary, BOU SSHL's Dean Prof Md Jahangir Alam, Dean of Open School Prof Sabina Yasmin, Acting Director of Information and Public Relations AFM Mezbah Uddin and Deputy Chief of Mission of the Bangladesh Embassy Abul Hasan Mridha, among others, spoke at the meeting.