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World Youth Skills Day
From certificate to career: closing the skills mismatch
This Op-Ed by Max Tuñón, Country Director, ILO Bangladesh was published by The Daily Star, one of the leading English newspapers in Bangladesh on 15 July 2026 to mark the World Youth Skills Day.
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Technical skills should be for everyone
Md. Ziaur Rahman leads a technical training centre in Bangladesh where more women are entering non-traditional trades. Through ILO-supported initiatives, he is helping to create a safer and more inclusive learning environment.
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Returning migrant worker Abdul Mannan started a new life in Bangladesh
ILO’s EU funded Skills 21 project, supports partner TVET institutes in delivering job-focused skills training through a modernized TVET system. Through this initiative, around 3,000 returning migrant workers - like Abdul Mannan - have been...
Advancing TVET leadership through Competency-Based Training and Assessment (CBT&A) Level-6 training for managers and implementors
Skills 21 Project, funded by the European Union and implemented by the International Labour Organization (ILO) has been supporting the Ministry of Education - a systematic professional development pathway for TVET teachers and managers.
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Skills training proved to be a transformative experience for Rozen
The EU-funded Skills 21 project is making a real difference to the lives of young women and men in Bangladesh.
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How vocational education and training gave me the skills for success
Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) can be a window of opportunity for young people searching for decent work across wide a range of occupational fields and production services.
Bangladesh National Qualifications Framework (BNQF) Report
The BNQF has been formulated to ensure that qualification outcomes remain relevant and nationally consistent, continue to support flexible qualifications linkages and pathways enable national and international portability and comparability of...
TVET campaign booklet
The booklet contains the areas of technical and vocational education and skills development in easy and local language. This booklet was distributed during a national campaign conducted by the Directorate of Technical Education to the mass people.
TVET awareness campaign
ILO supports the Ministry of Education to introduce awareness campaign for TVET enrolment
In 2021, the ILO Skills 21 project funded by the European Union supported the Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) in consultation with TVET institutes to develop a campaign strategy and plan for a continuing TVET awareness campaign to increase...
TVET Governance
ILO supports the Ministry of Education to build the capacity of their TVET officials on institutional governance
The Skills 21 project has developed a capacity-building programme on Institutional Governance for TVET officials to build the capacity of government officials to implement good governance with regard to financial and institutional management and...
Teachers' training
First-ever Level 5 Competency-Based Training and Assessment training for Master Trainers
Improving the pedagogical and technical skills of TVET teachers is a key priority to achieve the professionalisation of TVET teachers or trainers.
Rights at work
ILO and the Government of Bangladesh mark their 50 years of partnership on promoting social justice and decent work
It has been 50 years since Bangladesh joined the International Labour Organization as a Member State.
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Mastering the sewing machine with dwarfism
The Directorate of Technical Education (DTE), under the Technical and Madrasa Education Division (TMED), Ministry of Education, has carried out several steps in collaboration with the ILO’s EU funded Skills 21 project to make its TVET institutes...
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Wiring dreams to earn more
ILO’s EU funded Skills 21 project is assisting the partner TVET Institutes in providing job focused skills training through a modern TVET system. Like Abdullah Al Mamur, other 6,700 youths trained in NTVQF level 1 and 2 on different occupations...
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Child marriage didn’t stop Reshma to become an entrepreneur
ILO’s EU funded Skills 21 project is assisting the partner TVET Institutes in providing entrepreneurship and management training programmes for potential and existing entrepreneurs, using proven ILO training tools such as Know About Business (KAB),...
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Recognition of skills transformed Shahadat’s life
Skills 21 project is a joint initiative of the Government of Bangladesh and the International Labour Organization (ILO), funded by the European Union. The project seeks to increase productivity and employment opportunities through an environmentally...
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When the vision is clear strategy is easy
In Bangladesh, the skills sector is in need of quality trainers and assessors. ILO's European Union-funded Skills 21 project is working with the Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) to establish a modern skills system and meet the demand for the...
Interview
Vocational Teachers Training Institute to ensure quality teaching and learning system in Bangladesh
Engr. Md. Zinder Ali, Principal, VTTI talks about how VTTI is transforming itself as a centre for skills excellence to ensure the quality of technical education in Bangladesh with the support from ILO's EU Funded Skills 21 project.
Skills stories
Jubel's story of persistence and success
The Directorate of Technical Education (DTE), under the Technical and Madrasa Education Division (TMED), Ministry of Education, has carried out several steps in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO) to make its 118 TVET...
Access to TVET
Inclusive TVET system- Jubel's testimony
The Directorate of Technical Education (DTE), under the Technical and Madrasa Education Division (TMED), Ministry of Education, has carried out several steps in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO) to make its 118 TVET...