, June 7 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Sunday stressed the need for mandatory internships, apprenticeships and stronger industry-academia collaboration to make higher education more job-oriented and reduce unemployment among graduates.

"Many graduates remain unemployed despite completing higher education. One of the main reasons, many believe, is that while students earn academic qualifications, they often fail to acquire the practical, applied and technological skills," he said.

The Prime Minister made the remarks while inaugurating a national training programme, titled "Inclusion of Skills-Based Education in National University Curriculum", at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre in the capital.

Considering the sit...