PM receives ‘Champion of Skill Development for Youth’ award

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has received an award titled ‘Champion of Skill Development for Youth’ for Bangladesh’s great success in youth skill development.

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) conferred the award on the premier at a ceremony at Labouisse Hall of UNICEF House in the UN Plaza of New York on Thursday evening.

UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore handed over the award to the prime minister amid thunderous clappings of the audience.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and Bangladesh National Cricket Captain Shakib Al Hasan also spoke at the function.

Receiving the award, the prime minister thanked the UNICEF for conferring her the recognition. “It’s fact the people of Bangladesh, especially the children of the country, and also in the world deserve this recognition,” she said.

Sheikh Hasina dedicated the award to the country’s boys and girls as well as the people of the country and all children of the world.

The prime minister called upon the expatriates to extend their helping hands for development of respective schools of the country where they studied.

Sheikh Hasina said millions of young people with their skills are continuously making difference in our life and livelihood. “This recognition also manifests our steady strides in transforming Bangladesh to a responsible and knowledge-based society and economy,” she said.

Recalling the contributions of the youths to nation-building, the prime minister said: “Our youthfolk played a courageous role in all critical junctures of the nation.”

After the emergence of Bangladesh, she said, Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman realised that without the fulfillment of the potentials of the youths, it is not possible to progress.

The Ministry of Education has taken initiatives to update the status of technical and vocational education and training according to the local and global market demands, she added.

Source: BSS

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