Encourage Students to Read beyond Textbooks A.K.M. Atiqur Rahman A.K.M. Atiqur Rahman On the first day of May, while virtually attending a programme organised by Meherpur district administration on the occasion of the celebration of the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Education Minister Dr. Dipu Moni called for grooming up the students as good human beings by not forcing them to study only textbooks for good results. She urged the parents to give their children the opportunity to read various books including literature, science and history. In her speech, Dr. Dipu Moni has said that the students have to be the golden human beings to realise Bangabandhu’s dream of golden Bengal. She emphasised that they have to read books to become golden human beings. Saying that reading books does not mean just reading textbooks, she urged the students of all levels to read as many books as possible in addition to their textbooks.