INTERNATIONAL WEBINAR ON “ADVANCING BANGLADESH’S FUTURE BY INTEGRATING LIFE PERFORMANCE AND SKILLS-BASED MODELS OF LEARNING” HELD AT UIU

Mr. Mohibul Hassan Chowdhury, MP, the Honorable Deputy Minister, Ministry of Education, Govt. of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh was present as the Chief Guest. Prof. Dr. William Spady, Father of OBE and CEO of IN4OBE LLC, USA was present as the keynote speaker in the program.

Prof. Dr. Mesbahuddin Ahmed, the Hon’ble Chairman of Bangladesh Accreditation Council (BAC), Prof. Dr. A. F. M. Saiful Amin, the Hon’ble Chairman (acting) and Vice Chairman, Board of Accreditation for Engineering and Technical Education (BAETE) of Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh were present as the Special Guests. The Hon’ble Vice Chancellor of UIU, Prof. Dr. Chowdhury Mofizur Rahman presided over the Ceremony.

Prof. Dr. Wajid Hossain, Board Member IN4OBE & Director, Quality Assurance, Islamic University of Madinah, KSA; Prof. Dr. Fong K. Mak, Board Member IN4OBE, USA and the other distinguished international speakers were present in the program. The vote of thanks delivered by Prof. Dr. Md. Motaharul Islam, Dept. of CSE, UIU and the program conducted by Prof. Dr. Hasan Sarwar, Dept. of CSE, UIU.

The Chief Guest said- “IN4OBE will further strengthen the education system and play an important role in improving the overall quality of education in Bangladesh”. OBE leaders and experts from the International Network for Outcome-Based Education (IN4OBE) were discussed the potentials and promises of these newer performance-based models in the Bangladesh education system.

Faculty members, academicians, accreditation specialists, officials at all levels of government and education, researchers and other distinguished guests from different universities in the home and abroad were present in the virtual program.