<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday asked students to acquire special training on skills development on different subjects, especially on ICT, for taking advantage of the immense opportunities in the job market.</b></span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“This is the digital era; you have to keep your eyes on this. If you do that, you will get more opportunities in the job market,” she said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The prime minister said this on the occasion of publishing Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent exam results at her office (PMO).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sheikh Hasina asked students to take skills development trainings, particularly on ICT, during their free time – to make them better prepared for the digital age.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“Bachelor’s or master’s alone won’t be enough; you need special knowledge in any subject to expand job opportunities at home and abroad,” the PM said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">She asked students not to waste their time and get trainings that the government is providing across the country.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sheikh Hasina asked concerned persons and authorities to put more attention on research.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“Our research work on agriculture is going well; I will ask you to give more attention to other subjects,” she said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">She said that without research it would not be possible to attain knowledge on the latest developments.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The PM said that no country can be developed without having a literate nation. “We want a poverty-free Bangladesh. And for that we urgently need literate people.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In this connection, she said that the government has diversified education.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“We have given special attention on education so that our children can cope with the continuously developing world. We are providing scopes to get higher education in every district. This will ensure employment too,” she said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">She said that the government has set up subject-focused universities which are required to keep up with the rest of the world.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">She highly praised students for continuing their studies during the coronavirus pandemic and Russia-Ukraine war, sanctions and counter-sanctions – that have created a restless situation across the globe.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“Within this situation, our children continued their education, sat for exams, and passed the exams – this is no small achievement.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">She congratulated those who have passed in the exams and their guardians.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“And those who did not manage to pass the exams, I would urge them not to be depressed. Start preparing for the next exam with determination.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Considering the pass rate for female students is higher than their male counterparts, she asked the latter to be more attentive in their studies.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sheikh Hasina said that children of the country are brilliant, and if they are given the opportunities, they can achieve anything.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Earlier, Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni handed over the result summary to the prime minister. After that chairmen of different education boards handed over the results of their respective boards to the PM. The education minister, Deputy Minister for Education Mohibul Hassan Chowdhury and Secretary of Secondary and Higher Education Division Suleman Khan also spoke at the programme. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>