UIU holds webinar on skill-based learning

United International University (UIU) Bangladesh has recently held an international webinar on integrating life performance and skills- based learning.

The event titled “Advancing Bangladesh’s Future by Integrating Life Performance and Skills-Based Models of Learning” at was held virtually on Wednesday.

The programme was organised by the Bangladesh Local Chapter of International Network for Outcome

Based Education in UIU, said a press release.

Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Education, Mohibul Hassan Chowdhoury, was present at the event as the chief guest. Prof. Dr William Spady, Father of Outcome Based Education or OBE and CEO of IN4OBE LLC, USA was present as the keynote speaker at the programme.

The chief guest in his speech said, “IN4OBE will further strengthen the education system and play an important role in improving the overall quality of education in Bangladesh”.

OBE leaders and experts from the International Network for

Outcome-Based Education (IN4OBE) discussed the potentials and promises of these newer performance-based models in the Bangladesh education system.

Faculty members, academicians, accreditation specialists, officials at all levels of government and education, researchers and other distinguished guests from different universities in the home and abroad were present in the virtual programme.