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President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has called for paying greater attention to the expansion of technical and technology education to bring down unemployment in the country.
He made this call when a delegation led by Jagannath University Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Md Rais Uddin came to pay a courtesy call on the president at noon today, Monday.
This information was given in a press release sent from the president’s press wing.
During the meeting, the president enquired about how far the construction work of the university’s second campus has progressed and stressed further improving the institution’s standard of education.
At the time, the vice-chancellor apprised the president of the university’s overall academic activities.
The president said students must become proficient in more than one language in order to keep pace with the world’s progress. For this, he laid special emphasis on learning a third language.
The vice-chancellor formally invited the president to attend the upcoming convocation as chancellor.
The president accepted the invitation and gave an assurance that he would attend the convocation.
Secretaries concerned to the president and the university’s registrar and treasurer were present during the meeting.
