The government is placing special emphasis on technical education in demand-driven trades of industries to create employment opportunities for unemployed youth. To this end, a day-long job fair was organized by Bangladesh Korea Technical Training Center (BKTTC), ActionAid Bangladesh and a2i at BKTTC in the capital on Monday (December 27).
During the day-long fair, trainees who have completed training in various subjects from Bangladesh Korea Technical Training Center applied for jobs through on-spot booking. Out of which more than three hundred trainees will be given the opportunity to enter the job according to the qualifications of 12 reputed institutes of the country. Employers of these institutions select the candidates of their choice through oral and practical examinations.
The companies participating in the job fair are: Swapna, Transcom Electronics Limited, Trans-Asia Industries Limited, ACI Motors Limited, Matador Group, Partex Star Group, Standard Group, East-West Human Resources Limited, Yeastern Resource Management and the Babylon Group.
Job Fair was inaugurated in the morning by the Secretary of the Ministry of Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment. Ahmed Munirush Salehin. a2i project director (joint secretary) Dewan Muhammad Humayun Kabir and Nazmul Ahsan, Manager, ActionAid Bangladesh were present as special guests on the occasion.
Md. Shahidul Alam, Director General, Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training presided over the function.
While speaking as the chief guest Dr. Ahmed Munirush Salehin, Secretary of the Ministry of Expatriate Welfare and Foreign Affairs said that after the training or study, the job seekers should focus on their skills without thinking about where they will get the job and how. The employers hire people based on how much work you can do for employers, to develop the organization. The government is trying to coordinate public-private partnerships. Mentioning that the Ministry of Expatriate Welfare and Foreign Affairs is working to facilitate the way of foreign employment, he said that the government is arranging technical training. Anyone can reach his or her worthy position if he/she can develop himself/herself and believe in himself/herself.
a2i project director (joint secretary) Dr. Dewan Muhammad Humayun Kabir expressed his gratitude to both the job seekers and the employers who participated in the job fair. Emphasizing the importance of technical education for job seekers, he said, “We need to change ourselves in order to keep pace with the global world. We have to get out of the taboo of technical education. We cannot survive if we do not change over time. Today’s job fair is creating employment opportunities for 300 unemployed youth and such initiatives will continue in the near future.”
Referring to the role of public-private partnership in the progress of the country, Nazmul Ahsan, Manager, ActionAid Bangladesh, said that technical skills need to be emphasized to build technology-based Sonar Bangla. The idea of getting a good job through technical education should be established by breaking the conventional idea. To take Bangladesh to the level of a developed country, there is no alternative to combining conventional education with technology skills or technical skills. At the same time, we have to keep trying new innovations. ActionAid Bangladesh will extend its full support to the government’s efforts to enrich the country with technical education through public-private partnerships.”
Speaking on the occasion, Director General of Manpower Employment and Training Bureau, Md. Shahidul Alam, NDC, said, “Today job seekers are looking for jobs in different organizations. That is why the TTCs of the country have to do more work by becoming interlinked. We have to arrange training according to the needs of the company without giving imaginary training. Companies are changing their machineries as technology advances. That is why it is necessary to focus on creating timely skilled manpower instead of training the students sitting in the backdated labs of universities or training centers.
