Nobel laureate Md. Yunus has asked the State Government to gear its educational policy towards creating entrepreneurs. He was speaking as the chief guest and keynote speaker at the first Bodoland International Knowledge Festival .
“Our education system is wrong. It gives emphasis on job seekers. My opinion is that Government should lay emphasis on creation of new entrepreneurs. We should give emphasis on spawning job creators…
Yunus also cited the success of Grameen Bank in his speech.
The four-day event will witness the participation of more than 300 invited delegates from across India and 35 international delegates from 14 countries. The festival is a bid to establish Kokrajhar globally as a destination of knowledge sharing and peace.
More than 10,000 participants will be taking part in the Knowledge Festival comprising students, academicians, researchers, development practitioners, government officials, politicians, entrepreneurs, farmers and SHG members among others.
“This will be one of the biggest events being conducted in the BTR. We want to establish Kokrajhar and the BTR as destinations for education, knowledge sharing and tourism with this mega event,” BTR chief Pramod Boro told the media in Guwahati on February 23.
“Over the years Kokrajhar and the BTR were portrayed in the negative. We were known for insurgency and backwardness. But time has changed, and we have moved ahead. Now we want Kokrajhar and the BTR to be known as a destination for intelligent people, not insurgency,” he said.
The thematic area of the Bodoland International Knowledge Festival is the achievement of social development priorities and key Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 2030 in contemporary BTR and the world.
The themes and sub-themes that will be deliberated and discussed in the Festival are: Science & Technology, Livelihood, Indigenous Knowledge System, Women Empowerment, Child Rights & Protection, Peace Building, Good Governance, Communication and Media, Behavioural Change & Communication, Human Rights, Sustainable Agriculture, Climate Justice and Action, Quality Education, Health and Wellbeing, Art & Culture, Youth Entrepreneurship, Intellectual Property Rights, Trade, Commerce and Investment and BTR in the light of the Act East Policy.
