Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said, none of our children will be left behind. He reiterated his commitment to equip them with modern technology and said that no one will be left behind.

He said, the world is moving towards the age of technology. Our children will not be left behind. We will build them with the knowledge of modern technology.

He said this while addressing the prize distribution ceremony among the winners of the writing and painting competition organized on the occasion of the birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation at Ganabhaban on Tuesday (June 4) afternoon.
In this event organized by the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Museum, the Prime Minister distributed the award among 304 contestants to the winners of the 99th, 100th, 101st, 102nd, 103rd and 104th birth anniversaries of the Father of the Nation.

The Prime Minister said that the children of today are the future of tomorrow. He said, in 2008 we announced to build digital Bangladesh. Digital Bangladesh has been established. Now our declaration 2041 Bangladesh will be ‘Smart Bangladesh’. That is why we have set up computer labs in schools, Computer Training and Incubation Centers where special training is provided.

The head of government said, we are expanding information technology and digital system. That’s because the world is moving forward with technology. Why will our sons and daughters be left behind? We will build them as a nation with modern technology knowledge in that way. And the ‘Smart Bangladesh’ of ’41, today’s children and youth will be the future leaders of that Smart Bangladesh.

He said, you will take Bangladesh forward as a smart Bangladesh. That is how we want to build the country.

The Prime Minister said that her government has enacted many laws and policies for the protection of children. Providing free textbooks from pre-primary to secondary by creating educational opportunities. Giving scholarships, giving scholarships for higher education. Various specialized universities are being developed in different districts to develop the talent of students including universities in the district and fashion design, aerospace and science and technology universities. Besides, it has also taken the initiative to establish a medical university at the departmental level.

He said, as a result of these measures taken by the government, the signature rate has increased from 45 percent in 2006 to 76.8 percent today.

The Prime Minister said that they have formed the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Trust to provide scholarships to poor meritorious students and help the needy.

He and his younger sister Sheikh Rehana turned the house of Dhanmondi where the liberation war was fought into a museum, where the memory of Bangabandhu is enshrined, saying that Sheikh Mujib belonged to the people. So we have no rights over that house now. There are human rights. A hologram of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib’s historic March 7 speech has also been made there. The house tries to hold on to the memory of the place where he proclaimed the independence of Bangladesh, lived and eventually was brutally murdered by his family.

Sheikh Hasina said, ‘That’s why we two sisters will not use that house, this is our decision.

Speaker of the National Parliament. Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury was present at the event.

President of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Museum and prominent painter Hashem Khan presided over the program and Curator of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Museum. Nazrul Islam Khan among others spoke.