8th Global RCE Conference

26 to 29 November 2013 Nairobi, Kenya

Professor M Alimullah Miyan, PhDChairperson, RCE Greater Dhaka

BangladeshFounder and Vice-Chancellor IUBAT—International University of Business 

Agriculture and Technology

Knowledge Based Area Development (KBAD)- A StepTowards Community Self-Reliance 

for Sustainable Development

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Premise of KBAD• Endowed with People• Limited Natural Resources and Financial

Capital• Developing People into Human Capital• Route to Creating Human Capital – Education– Skill Development

• Attaining enhanced social mobility• Individual achievement benefits community

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Objectives

• Providing access to education to attain enhanced social mobility and sustainability

• Creating graduates from every village as a role model

• Promote sustainable knowledge and skills

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Objectives• Educated & skilled individuals will pull-up

– Family, neighbors & village community through access to knowledge for sustainable socio-economic development

– Individual success will have demonstrative effect and motivate other young people

• Foundation of a Knowledge Based Society for Prosperity, Social Mobility and Sustainability

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Education Bank• Facilities for access of middle class and poor to

market oriented higher education for social mobility on SD

• Conduit to finance individuals on easy terms but on a repayable basis

• Finance – Students– Teachers for higher training– Educational institutions

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KBAD and ESD at IUBAT• Vision

o One professional graduate from each village as a step toward community self reliance & dissemination of knowledge and skills on sustainable development

o Standing policy not to deny access to education to any qualified & motivated candidate under different financing schemes

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Mandatory ESD for All under KBAD

• Course includes environmental sustainability, ecosystem services, Climate Change & Adaptation

• Basic Needs, Resources: availability & limitations • Sustainable use-practice of natural resources:

Energy, Air, Water, Minerals, Soil and Biodiversity etc.

3R’s: Reduce, Reuse & Recycle practiced throughout campus life

Traditional Practices and Wisdoms, Ethnic Culture Organic farming

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Mandatory ESD for All under KBAD Knowledge-based Society for learning Ethics, Moral

Justice & Respect Grooming up as Skilled Human Resource for National

and International Job Markets Industrial Safety, Compliance & Auditing Educational Motivation throughout Bangladesh

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Achievements

• Establishment of IMCSL as a prelude to Education Bank• Establishment of Financial Assistance Fund (FAF)• Establishment of University Education Extension Unit

(UEEU) to Outreach KBAD• 12,000 students covering entire Bangladesh

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Regional Implication

• 1.7 billion people in South Asia • KBAD Covers all regions of Bangladesh • Ideas shared different countries – Kochi, Kerala, India – 2006– Kannur University, India - 2011– Islamabad, Pakistan, 2012– Nepal, 2013

• Potential for Expansion in the Region

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Lessons

• Socially Challenged can be Self-Reliant on a Sustainable Basis through H.E.

• Social Mobility and Equity are Achievable • Integrated Efforts Required • Mainstreaming ESD in Curriculum • Financial Resources is a Barrier at Institutional

Level • Motivation and Poverty are main Barriers to

Extension and wide Replication at Individual Level

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www.iubat.edu/kbad

Thank you

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