Staff Correspondent, Dhaka
Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus said on Wednesday that Bangladesh's education system must foster creativity to create a generation of entrepreneurs.
The chief adviser made the comment when he visited the education ministry offices at the Secretariat in Dhaka.
"Humans are born entrepreneurs. Yet, our education system creates job seekers. It is a flawed education system," Yunus said.
"We should reform the education system to create a generation of entrepreneurs. We need education, which helps students become creative people. Our young people must fulfil their creative potential," he added.
The chief adviser chaired his first Cabinet meeting at the Secretariat and later visited the education ministry.
Yunus said Bangladesh should not create an education system that only emphasizes test scores. "The perception that test score is everything must go," he said.
The chief adviser also called for narrowing generational gaps in Bangladeshi society, saying the country must understand the language of the new generation – their aspirations and their thought process.
"We must understand the language and the thought process of the youth. We need to know how the older generation can share their experience with the younger generation," he said.
"The distance between young and old generations gets bigger; it will create troubles. We must minimize the idea gaps between governments," the chief adviser said.
He also stressed the need to foster family values in the national curricula.
Education Adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud and Senior Education Secretary Siddique Zobair were present during the chief adviser's meeting with senior education ministry officials.
