Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Reform in Bangladesh

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ILO Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Reform Project Comes to a Close
ILO's TVET Reform Project has come to a close after making a significant contribution to the development of a stronger skills development system for Bangladesh.

POLICY/PUBLICATIONS	FACT SHEETS
Bangladesh Skills Development Policy 2010-2016 Bangladesh Skills Vision 2016 National Strategy for Promotion of Gender Equality in TVET See more	Fact Sheet: Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) Fact Sheet: Centres of Excellence (CoEs) Fact Sheet: Training for Rural Economic Empowerment (TREE) See more
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The TVET Reform Project has five key target areas which together will ensure a TVET system which is coordinated, flexible, responsive and able to meet industry needs. These areas are outlined below, click on each area to view progress made and current/future activities:

POLICY:
TVET Reform is not just about new ways of doing things; it is about changing the mindset of the TVET sector. If the sector is to meet the increasing demands of the global labour market, it needs to focus quickly on becoming flexible, inclusive, efficient and collaborative.

RELEVANCE:
In order to meet labour demands in Bangladesh, TVET must be delivering quality skills that employers want, and these needs are constantly changing. Through improving the responsiveness and flexibility of TVET institutions, reform will enable institutions to better meet industry needs.

STRENGTHENING:
In order for quality training to be delivered and assessed in Bangladesh, TVET practitioners need to move away from lecturing and towards practical, competency-based methods. Reform will encourage this by building the capacity of managers to understand the need for it and by improving TVET teacher training methods.

LINKAGES:
Stronger relationships between training institutions and industry will ensure that graduates have the skills needed by employers, so that they can together meet the increasing needs of the labour market. Reform will encourage these partnerships through Industry Skills Councils and encourage best practice through Centres of Excellence.

ACCESS:
One of the key reform objectives is to make TVET accessible to all, including youth with low literacy and numeracy, child workers, women and rural communities and persons with disabilities. To do this, reform is concentrating on removing policy-related barriers, such as minimum education levels, and also physical barriers, such as transport systems which are not gender-friendly.

Constituents and Partners

The TVET Reform Project extends technical assistance to the Government of Bangladesh primarily through the following skills-related government agencies:

• Ministry of Education (MoE)
• Ministry of Labour and Employment (MoLE)
• Bangladesh Technical Education Board (BTEB)
• Directorate of Technical Education (DTE)
• Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training (BMET)

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ILO Skills Programme Office
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