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Fourth skills governance training workshop for skills development professionals held in Kishoreganj

Capacity strengthening workshops for professionals in the skills development sector continued in Kishoreganj Technical School & College from December 18-21, 2014. The goal of the fourth workshop was to use the monitoring tools developed in previous...

Employment Support Service to be piloted in Bangladesh Institute of Glass and Ceramics

One of the most critical issues facing Bangladesh’s economy is the missing link between skill development and employment. Industries need skilled workers to grow and skilled graduates need employment but there are currently no services linking them....

Technical and Vocational Education and Training Data System goes live

The new National Technical and Vocation Education and Training (TVET) Data System, an initiative of the National Skills Development Council (NDSC) Secretariat is now live. The system currently displays demand and supply data for skilled workers in...

National Competency Standards for workers in the tourism and hospitality sector accepted

National Competency Standards in four key occupations of the tourism and hospitality sector have been approved by the Bangladesh Technical Education Board and endorsed by the Tourism & Hospitality Industry Skills Council.

Employment injury insurance

A Legacy of Rana Plaza: making employment injury insurance a reality for all

Workers who were victims of Rana Plaza were uninsured and intensive efforts to compensate them had to be made after the fact. The ILO says the accident is a wake-up call to establish national employment injury insurance so all workers are protected...

Rana Plaza commemoration highlights progress made and challenges ahead in Bangladesh ready-made garment sector

Speakers at a commemoration event to mark the second Rana Plaza anniversary recognised the progress made towards creating a safer ready-made garment (RMG) sector for Bangladesh while stressing the need for further improvements to working conditions...

Rana Plaza, two years on

Factory inspector, a challenging but honourable job

Since the Rana Plaza garment factory collapse there has been a sustained effort to enhance the capacity and efficiency of the Labour Inspectorate. ILO is supporting this process through its Working Conditions in the Ready-Made Garment Sector...

ILO calls for greater social dialogue in Bangladesh RMG sector

The International Labour Organization (ILO) has called for greater social dialogue among representatives of government, employers and workers within the Bangladesh ready-made garment sector, highlighting the gains this would bring.

Rana Plaza, two years on

Rebuilding life after Rana Plaza: Stories of survivors

Two years after the tragic collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory in Bangladesh, the ILO has helped many survivors get back on their feet and back to work, two of whom have opened their own successful businesses and are thinking big for the...

Amir starts work in first year of training through public private partnership

Amir’s parents are farmers, living a small rural village in the Faridpur district of Bangladesh. Traditionally, this would mean that Amir would also become a farmer. He was the first person in his family who had completed secondary education...

First public private partnership in technical education in Bangladesh

Graphic Arts Institute and Shamustshuk Printers signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on May 3 in the presence of the Secretary, Ministry of Education, Mr N I Khan. The MOU is a formal recognition of the first public private partnership to be...

ILO supports Bangladesh’s first international conference on Technical and Vocational Education and Training

A three-day international conference on Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) for Sustainable Development was held from April 30 to May 2 in Dhaka, with representatives from 17 countries attending.

TVET Project receives six month extension

Bangladesh Planning Commission recently granted the Technical and Vocational Education and Training Project a six month extension to extend its operations until December 2015.

Sharing skills development expertise from Bangladesh with Myanmar

Lessons learned and resources from ILO’s Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Reform in Bangladesh Project shared with counterparts in Myanmar.

52 new positions created for Bangladesh Technical Education Board to Implement NTVQF

The Bangladesh Technical Education Board (BTEB) will be able to recruit 52 new staff through that new recruitment rules published in the Government Gazette on May 28, 2015. The new staff are needed to help the BTEB implement the new National...

ILO supports development of National Human Resources Development Fund

Bangladesh faces a major challenge in terms of skill development. The rapid growth of the manufacturing sector has led to the creation of millions of new jobs, but also the creation of widening skills shortages in almost every industry sector. To...

64 Technical Schools and Colleges get approval to start delivering contract training to industry

The Ministry of Education recently approved a proposal from the Directorate of Technical Education to grant 64 Technical Schools and Colleges (TSCs) more independence in financial management.

49 Government Polytechnics and 64 TSCs in Bangladesh to become Registered Training and Assessment Centres

Mr Shahjahan Mian, Director-General, Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) and National Project Director of both the European Union and Canadian funded skills projects under DTE has directed all 49 Government Polytechnics and 64 Technical Schools...

Second skills governance training workshop for skills development professionals held in Sylhet

Capacity strengthening workshops for professionals in the skills development sector continued in Sylhet Engineering College from November 27-30, 2014. The goal of the second workshop was to develop monitoring tools to measure the progress of...

Eight UN agencies in Bangladesh to work together on skills development

A six person delegation from the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) visited the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Reform Project this week to discuss a joint approach to skills development by UN agencies.