President Professor Dr Iajuddin Ahmed today called upon all including members of the family, teachers, educational institutions as well as the conscious section of the society to pay more attention to nurture the generation properly for the sake of the country.

"In an era of globalization, I think, we should have to ensure need-based education along with traditional one so that our students and professionals can confidently face the emerging global challenges," he added.

The President said this while speaking at the 2nd convocation of Daffodil International University at Bangladesh China Friendship Conference Centre (BCFCC) at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar here. Former Chief Justice Mustafa Kamal was the convocation speaker. Vice Chancellor of the University Professor Dr Aminul Islam and Chairman of board of governors of the university Md Sabur Khan also spoke on the occasion.

The President said, the faster development of information technology as well as the emergence of market economy has challenged us to a great extent, and the competitive nature of the global economy and the digital divide can be responded only by harnessing skilled human resources.

Professor Iajuddin said, the intrinsic value of education is to illuminate and enlighten society with the inextinguishable flame of wisdom. "The light that comes out from the glow of wisdom provides divine ray of hopes and makes the society congenial and delightful," he said.

He said, the people of Bangladesh have a great passion for knowledge and they want to make a knowledge-based society with the spirit of our glorious past. "We want to build an enlightened society, where the knowledge would be the main driving force for attaining the overall development and it needs a huge scholarly and morally upgraded people who would lead the nation to the right direction in the days to come," he added.

The President said, educational institutions, from primary to tertiary level, have enormous role to play in producing valued and efficient people.

He hoped as the centre of excellence, educational institutions particularly universities, have great responsibilities to generate high- quality human resources to meet the demand of the time. He also called upon all universities both private and public to ensure quality education through providing state-of-the-art curricula and ensuring congenial atmosphere of education.

President Iajuddin also hoped that the knowledge and skill that the graduates have acquired would be the main tool to face the growing challenges and they would be able to reach the zenith of the success by dint of their excellence and wisdom.