The government is working on the blue economy and plans to establish a specialised university focusing on the sector in the future, Education Minister Dr A N M Ehsanul Hoque Milon said on Wednesday.
He made the remarks while addressing a scholarship distribution ceremony organised jointly by the Marketing Alumni Association of Dhaka University and Meghna Group of Industries (MGI) at the Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Building.
The minister said the government is working to develop Bangladesh’s human resources by equipping them with the skills needed for the future.
“The government is working with the highest priority on the education sector to improve the country’s education system,” he said.
Highlighting the importance of exposure to diverse cultures and experiences, Milon said such exposure enables people to analyse problems from multiple perspectives.
He urged students not to confine themselves to a single field but to apply their knowledge, talents and skills across different areas.
Speaking about the gap between academia and industry, the education minister said major companies and industries in Bangladesh do not give sufficient importance to strengthening linkages between the two sectors.
“It is unfortunate that big companies and industries in our country do not attach enough importance to academia-industry linkage,” he said.
Referring to China, he said industries there have established polytechnic institutes within industrial facilities, allowing engineers to teach students while students gain practical experience by working in those industries. “Such a linkage is also necessary in our country,” he added.
“The people before me today will build the Bangladesh of tomorrow. Our intellect is in no way inferior to that of citizens of other countries,” he said addressing the students.
Milon praised MGI’s corporate social responsibility initiative of providing scholarships to university students and urged other corporate organizations to come forward with similar initiatives to support education.
The event, titled ‘MGI-MAA Scholarship 2026,’ was organised jointly by MGI and the DU Marketing Department Alumni Association to provide scholarships to 90 students of the Marketing Department of DU.
