Dhaka, April 9 -- Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon has said that the current administration of the National University (NU) has undertaken a major initiative to reform its curriculum, placing emphasis on practical and job-oriented education.

"The major initiative to reform curriculum will mark an important milestone in the NU history," he said.

The minister made the remarks while speaking as the chief guest at the inaugural ceremony of a three-day "Curriculum Development Workshop" at the International Mother Language Institute in the capital, BSS reports.

The minister lauded former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia, saying she established the NU in 1992 to address various challenges, crises and structural limitations in higher...