President Professor Dr Iajuddin Ahmed today called upon authorities of both private and public universities to come forward with state-of-the-art curricula to impart quality and time-worthy education to the students.

"As you know, at all the ages, educational institutions are regarded as the sacred and stately place of the country, which contain nation's hopes and aspirations by putting its collective endeavours.
 

I hope university authorities both private and public would understand the tune of the society and would uphold the image of the esteemed institutions," he added.

The President said this while addressing the inaugural ceremony arranged on the occasion of opening the permanent campus of Ahsanullah University of Science Technology (AUST) at Tejgaon in the city.

Vice-Chancellor (VC) of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) Professor Dr AMM Safiullah, VC of the AUST Professor Dr M Anwar Hossain, President Kazi Fazlur Rahman and President of Dhaka Ahsania Mission Kazi Rafiqul Alam also spoke on the occasion.

Secretary to the President Md Sirajul Islam and Press Secretary Abdul Awal Howlader were present.

The President unveiled the plaque of the new campus of the university.

Referring to the country's huge population in a small geographic location, Professor Iajuddin said this vast populace could also be used as the main driving force in the way of our development process by making it more skilled and capable.

Therefore, it needs comprehensive strategy and appropriate plan to turn them into proper human resources, he added.

He said globalization and information technology encompass us at every nook and cranny of our everyday life and we must deal with this properly by using our skilled human resources in order to cope with the world family.

"The learning of science and technological education is undoubtedly a paramount importance to face the challenges of the time," the President said.

Turning to the rush of huge number of students in a limited number of universities which leads unhealthy competition among the students at the time of getting admission, he said it needs to create more rooms for higher learning at tertiary level to face the growing pressure of the students.

Dr Iajuddin also drew attention of the concerned authorities to take necessary steps in this regard.

Terming the student as worthy citizen and the future architect of the country, he said the country's development and prosperity mostly depends on them.

"You have to groom yourself as the worthy citizen of the country so that you could be able to fulfill the expectation of the nation," he added.

He also praised the university for maintaining a high academic standard by its excellent faculty and hoped that the modern facilities developed at the new campus would give university further impetus to develop it into a higher seat of learning.