Scholastica launches Speed

Yasmeen Murshed, chairperson of Scholastica, speaks at the inaugural ceremony of Speed, a training institute, on its premises in the city on Sunday. On her right are Syed Maher Murshed and Mark Bartholomew and on her left is Masuda Reza

The institute styled as 'Services for Professional Education and Enterprise Development' (Speed) will initially offer English courses and teachers' training courses.

The Speed will offer the Cambridge International Diploma for Teachers and Trainers (CIDTT) to English medium schools as well as English teachers across the country.

Its other programmes will assist the corporate sector in enhancing the skills and capabilities of corporate executives at all levels.

The speed has been awarded international centre status by the University of Cambridge International Examinations (CIE), one of the world's leading assessment provider.

The launch of the training institute is not only establishment of a centre, but also will help boost the neglected sector, said Yasmeen Murshed, chairperson of Scholastica, at the inaugural ceremony on the Speed premises at Gulshan-1.

She also said that Speed has a plan to provide training courses for media persons to upgrade their skills.

Speed will start the training courses in February and 400-500 teachers can take part in the training programmes every year.

"Professional development plays an important role in helping our workforce to contribute towards improving the quality of service in all sectors of the business community," said Syed Maher Murshed, managing director of the Speed.

This highly specialised training programmes will help the professionals in the field of educational management, he added.

Mark Bartholomew, regional manager, South Asia, University of Cambridge International Examinations, and Masuda Reza, principal co-ordinator of Speed, also spoke.