<div><b><span style="font-size: 1rem;">President M Abdul Hamid today asked all concerned, including university authorities, to remain alert against corruption and nepotism.</span><br></b></div><div><b>&nbsp;</b></div><div>"Corruption is one of the major barriers to country's overall development and progress... So, everyone should be aware against corrupt practices," he told the 'Sixth Convocation-2023' of Jahangirnagar University (JU), Savar, on the outskirts of the capital this afternoon.</div><div><br></div><div>The President, also the university chancellor, added: "Recently, many negative new reports were published on the recruitment and tender business in different universities... Stay away from the corruption and nepotism."</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Chief Justice of Bangladesh Justice Hasan Foez Siddique spoke as the convocation speaker at the sixth convocation of JU.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The President also called upon the teachers and students to do politics staying above the party affiliation and maintaining a healthy academic environment on campuses.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>"The vice-chancellor, the teachers and the students use to practice the freedom of thought. They also do practice and actively participate in politics but a fair and clean politics is expected," said the chancellor.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>"Beyond the studies, you can involve yourself in various co-curricular activities such as politics, social service and cultural acts. But there is no compromise with the education," he added.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Expressing grave concern over the world-ranking as no Bangladeshi university was found even among the first 1,000 universities in the ranking, the President said only certificate-based education cannot bring development for the country and its people.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>"And institutional education would be fruitful if it can be linked with real life," the Head of the State observed.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Abdul Hamid told the vice-chancellor and teachers that the teaching and research activities are their main and most important responsibilities while the foremost duty of a student is to study and acquire knowledge.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>President Hamid called for taking pragmatic steps to improve the quality of education.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>"The youth society must achieve self-reliance in the field of science and technology... It requires continuous research in the respective fields," he added.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Addressing the graduates and students, the President said every student should be educated in ethics, values, patriotism and nationalism along with academic education.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Abdul Hamid stressed on the development and positive change of the country to make every university world-class for the proper care of the talented youths.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Advising the graduates to play a positive role in the welfare of the country and nation, the President said, "Not only individuals, the families, the society and the national development should also be focused."</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>President Hamid told the businessmen that even businessmen are busy to become rich ignoring the ethics and morality after starting a business.</div><div><br></div><div>"Giant business and industrialists take loans from various financial institutions to become loan defaulters willingly," he added.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>He said entering the job, a section of service holders remains busy to earn money, own a car and house and they even do not hesitate to compromise with the interests of the country and the nation.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>"The graduates will work as diligent citizens to make the country a happy and prosperous 'Golden Bangla' envisioned by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu as well as a developed and "Smart Bangladesh", the chancellor hoped.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>As many as 15,219 students participated in the programme and of those, the President awarded 16 students with gold medals in three categories in the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Of the total participants, 11,444 have completed regular graduation and post-graduation, 3,461 have completed weekend program, 34 have completed M Phil degree and 280 have completed Ph.D.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Members of Parliament, JU Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr. Md Nurul Alam, Pro-VC Professor Sheikh Md Manjurul Haque, Treasurer Professor Dr. Rasheda Akhtar, Registrar Rahima Kaniz and deans of respective faculties, among others, were present. Accrding to BSS reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>