The Asia Foundation (TAF) distributed around 8000 books are distributed worth around Taka 70 lakh at free of cost to 40 educationalinstitutions in Rajshahi today.TAF organized the book donation ceremony at Rajshahi College auditoriumlargely attended by students, teachers and others concerned. Main thrust ofthe event was to encourage love of reading and to introduce TAF’s new DigitalInitiative for Children Let’s Read.
8000 books are distributed in Rajshahi by the Asia Foundation.
Deputy Commissioner Abdul Jalil addressed the ceremony as the chief guest,while TAF Country Representative Kazi Faisal Bin Seraj and Principal ofRajshahi College Professor Abdul Khaleque spoke as special guests.
District Primary Education officer Saidul Islam, Retired Head Teacher of Buddhi Protibondhi and Autistic School Kalpana Roy Bhowmick, TAF SeniorProgram Manager Sukla Dey and Program Officer Saiful Awal also spoke on theoccasion.In his remarks, Abdul Jalil said books enlighten people and easy and creativebooks are essential for the mental development of children.
He mentioned that books help people to acquire knowledge about the outsideworld and underscored the need for reaching books at the doorsteps of thereaders to encourage them to read.Expressing his thanks to TAF, Abdul Jalil urged the book recipient schoolsand colleges to the best uses of the donated books in terms of acquiringknowledge.Professor Abdul Khaleque said students should develop a good reading habitfor a life-long learning experience. Reading is important because it stimulates students’ minds with enriched thinking power.
Without reading, one’s thinking ability, personality and intellectualitycannot be expanded and a good nation cannot be built, he added.Taking part in the discussion, Kazi Faisal Bin Seraj mentioned that there is
no substitute for reading books in the practice of knowledge-science.Students of every educational institution in the district should spread thehabit of reading books.
He continued that the development of reading habits brings some advantages toour students. First, a good habit is assumed to be able to improve anindividual’s characteristics as a better person, to increase our knowledgeand ability in using the language.