Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said, creative creative talent competition has played an important role in the intellectual development of the students.

He said, the students of backward areas get equal opportunities in the competition. They are getting a chance to participate in the competition that is spreading the meritorious students across the country. In the Upazila and District levels, more than a lakh students took part in the competition. One day the meritorious students will take the nation forward in knowledge and science and research.He said this at the inaugural function of National Level Competition of Creative Merit Exploration-2013 in Azimpur Government Girls School and College auditorium in Dhaka on Thursday.