The University Grants Commission chairman yesterday underlined the need for transforming the country’s youths into human resources by providing them with the latest knowledge and enhancing their skills.
Speaking at a training for peer reviewers at the commission’s auditorium, Professor Abdul Mannan said 65% of the country’s population are aged below 35 and a good education could turn them into human resources.
The two-day training inaugurated by Professor Mannan was organised by the UGC as part of the Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project (HEQEP).
The UGC chairman said the key objective of university education is to create and disseminate new knowledge among learners.
HEQEP Director Dr Gauranga Chandra Mohantha presided over the session while Professor Dr Mesbahuddin Ahmed, head of UGC’s quality assurance unit, delivered the welcome address.
Dr Rozilini Fernandez-Chung of Malaysia’s HELP University, who is a global expert on quality assurance, trained peer reviewers, who will be reviewing self-assessment reports due to come from different universities of the country under the HEQEP.
Dr Md Mokhlesur Rahman, senior operations officer at the World Bank, was present at the inauguration.
A total of 29 directors and additional directors from 13 public and private universities participated in the training.