Sheikh Russel PalliUnnayan Academy, Rangpur Bill-2023 was passed in the JatiyaSangsad on Thursday in a bid to ensure sustainable development of the rural people in the respective regions.
State Minister for the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives SwapanBhattacharjee moved the bill in the House which was unanimously passed by voice votes with Deputy Speaker ShamsulHuq Tuku in the chair.
Placing the bill, the state minister said the enactment of the act will improve the standard of living of the rural communities.
The functions of the academies include - conducting research; taking joint programmes in collaboration with local and international research firms and educational institutions on approval of the government; and introducing different courses over rural development, including post-graduate diploma courses, graduate diploma courses and certificate courses, he said.
The rural development academies will be run under a separate 21-member governing board to be headed by the Minister or the State Minister for Rural Development and Cooperatives Division as their chairman, he added.
