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DHAKA, Apr 12, 2026 (BSS) - State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Bobby Hajjaj today urged students to create innovative projects to play a key role in developing the country.

“Students should take timely and technology-based innovative projects, which can play an important role in the development of the country,” he said while speaking as the chief guest at ‘Skill is the Future: Youth Employability Summit 2026’ held at Daffodil Plaza in city’s Dhanmondi area this morning.

Global Entrepreneurship Network Bangladesh and Daffodil International University jointly arranged the summit.

Announcing awards for innovative projects of students, Bobby Hajjaj stressed developing crime pattern recognition and crime detection software. 

He said students will be rewarded if they can create such effective and practical software. In addition, he assured that the government would provide necessary support for marketing these innovative projects.

Highlighting the importance of acquiring skills, the state minister said the incumbent government, led by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, has been committed to building a skill-based culture and society. 

“Our education will be career-based. Students spend many years of time and resources for their studies. So, there must be a return. A beautiful future career should be their return. The most necessary thing for a beautiful future career is skill,” he said.

Bobby Hajjaj said Bangladesh lacks skilled human resources and that is why many foreigners are working in many organisations in the country and taking huge salaries. 

“We want to create a mindset about skills among students from primary school,” he said.

The event was presided over by Dr Md Sabur Khan, founder and chairman of the Board of Trustees of Daffodil International University.