Shamsul Alam, Bangladesh Minister of State for Planning said that he’s in favour of visa-free journey for college students within the Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal (BBIN) nations, because the neighbouring nation strives to grow to be illiteracy-free by 2041. Addressing the valedictory session of the two-day ‘Natural Allies in Development and Interdependence’ conclave right here, the Bangladeshi economist additionally talked about that his nation will grow to be ‘hunger-free’ by 2041.
“Let us open up doors in the countries for the students. I am not talking about government centres or the scholarship programmes. I am talking about the private sector, too,” Alam stated.
Alam famous that the South Asia area doesn’t have a visa-free regime like that of the European Union, the place no visa is required to go to a rustic that’s a part of the block. “But for the students, we can have free access to the educational institutes. Let us allow the students to go freely for education as well as for tourism. We can start with the BBIN countries,” Alam added.
According to Alam, Bangladesh has round 50 public and 108 personal universities. Its literacy charge elevated to 73% from 43% in 2005-06, whereas life expectancy has risen to 75 years from 65 years a decade in the past. The minister additional asserted that Bangladesh will enter the league of affluent or developed nations with a per capita earnings of $16,400 by 2041.
“The current per capita income of the country is $2,824. We need skilled manpower to cope up with the fourth industrial revolution that is coming up. We have already created a big educational infrastructure,” Alam stated.
With inputs from PTI.
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