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DHAKA, Sept 5, 2025 (BSS) – Rehana Parveen, Secretary of the Secondary and Higher Education Division of the Ministry of Education, said there is no alternative to training for enhancing the skills of project managers.

“The role of a skilled project manager is crucial for implementing government projects,” she said.

She made the remarks while inaugurating the three-day residential training workshop titled “Project Processing, Appraisal and Management System (PPS)” at the Engineering Staff College Bangladesh campus in Gazaria, Munshiganj.

The training workshop, organized under the overall management of the Higher Education Acceleration and Transformation (HEAT) Project, was supervised by the Secondary and Higher Education Division.

A total of 30 project directors and project-related officers from the Secondary and Higher Education Division, Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education, Bangladesh University Grants Commission, Directorate of Educational Engineering, and various government universities joined the workshop.

Project Director of the HEAT Project, Professor Dr. Asaduzzaman, presided over the programme, while the Rector of ESCB and former Chief Engineer of the Roads and Highways Department, Md. Ashraful Alam, addressed the event. 

Head of Faculty and Procurement Unit of ESCB, Dr. Towhid Hasan, moderated the inaugural ceremony.

Additional Secretary of the Education Ministry Syed Mamunul Alam, Joint Secretary Ahmed Shibli, and Upazila Nirbahi Officer of Gazaria, Ashraful Alam, also spoke at the programme.