Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the National Defence College (NDC) to keep up its standard and upgrade its curriculums regularly to remain relevant under the changed global scenario.
She expressed her firm optimism that the officials, completing NDC courses, would steer the national efforts towards stability, development and empowerment of the people with their knowledge, determination and commitment.
The Prime Minister was addressing at the Graduation Ceremony of one-year National Defense Course (NDC)- 2015 and Armed Forces War Course (AFWC)-2015 held at Mirpur Cantonment on Saturday.
Congratulating the new graduates the Prime Minister hoped that the NDC course would make the graduates more capable to face any annoying situation.
In a present globalised multi-centric world, she said, technologies are increasing connections among all the people, providing solutions while sometimes creating stresses and tensions about security through its abuse. Specially, militants and terrorists spread their claws to undermine humanism, she added.
The Prime Minister expressed her firm optimism that the new graduates, who would later join different positions, be able to serve the country better and goal of attaining global peace and security would be greatly enhanced.
Commandant of the National Defence College, Lieutenant General Chowdhury Hasan Sarwardy congratulated the graduating members and thanked the faculty members and staff officers of the college for their dedicated efforts in conducting the courses successfully.
This year a total of 75 local and foreign officials from Army, Navy, Air Force, civil administration, police, foreign services completed the National Defence Course while 37 officials from Army, Navy and Air Force completed the Armed Forces War Course.
Ministers, Advisers to the Prime Minister, MPs, high commissioners and ambassadors of different countries in Bangladesh, chiefs of the three Services, spouses of the graduates and high civil and military officials attended the graduation ceremony.
Earlier, the Prime Minister distributed certificates among the participants of the National Defence Course and Armed Forces War Course 2015.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the National Defense College, dedicated to train the operational and strategic local and foreign leaders of militaries to civil services officers and the policy makers on democratic and constitutional imperatives, is contributing to the promotion of a culture of accountability and transparency.
The officials have been carrying out high responsibilities in their respective services, she said.
Sheikh Hasina said during the course, the officials learned different aspects of a state, including socio-political culture, economy, international relations and national security alongside studying problems of governance and different solutions to these problems.
She said before 1996, there was no institution for the higher training of senior and mid-ranking officers of Armed Forces in the country.
The NDC was established during the first tenure of her government. Over the years, she said, the NDC has turned into an internationally reputed military educational organization which is indeed a matter of pride for us.
