Prime Minister’s Education and Primary & Mass Education Affairs Adviser Mahdi Amin announced that the government has a sustainable and transformative plan for Bangladesh’s National University, aiming to turn it into a center for knowledge, training, and civic development rather than just a degree-granting body. He made the remarks on Sunday at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Center during the inauguration of a teacher training program on skill-based education, which was opened by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman.

Amin said the initiative is rooted in the Prime Minister’s long-term vision and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s election manifesto. The plan includes expanding vocational and technical education, establishing career centers, strengthening industry-academia collaboration, promoting apprenticeships and internships, and introducing language centers and environmental programs. He emphasized that transforming the National University means transforming the nation’s education, employment, and human resource landscape.

He added that digitization of exams and results, removal of session backlogs, and quality education expansion are underway. The government expects these reforms to produce skilled, creative, and responsible citizens capable of meeting the challenges of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.