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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed the agriculture ministry to include agriculture in curricula to encourage students to properly know about cultivation system.
"I would like to tell the agriculture minister to make such a special arrangement so that our students become sincere in agriculture work," she said on Thursday.
The prime minister said, "Many people don't want to go to the farmland for agricultural works when they complete their education.”
Hasina said that special measures should be taken to make the students curious and sincere about agricultural works, reports UNB.
The premier said this while distributing 'Bangabandhu Jatiya Krishi Purashkar' (Bangabandhu National Agriculture Award) for Bengali year 1423 at a function at Osmani Memorial Auditorium in Dhaka.
The Ministry of Agriculture arranged the programme with Agriculture Minister and Chairman of Bangabandhu Krishi Puroshkar Trust Begum Matia Chowdhury in the chair.
Fisheries and Livestock Minister Narayan Chandra Chanda was present at the function as the special guest, according to BSS report.
Senior Secretary of the Agriculture Ministry Mohammad Moinuddin Abdullah delivered the welcome address.
In 1973, Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman introduced the award in order to take forward the agri-based economy of the newly independent country.
This year, 32 individuals and organisations were honoured with Bangabandhu Jatiya Krishi Puroshkar for their outstanding contribution to different fields in agriculture.
The premier handed over five gold medals, nine silver medals and 18 bronze medals to the award winners.