Govt discusses action plan for skilled manpower

Govt discusses action plan
for skilled manpower
United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka

A national panel Sunday discussed a 14-point action plan for grooming skilled manpower suiting the current job requirements at home and abroad.
The recently formed National Skills Development Council in its first meeting at the chief adviser’s office took up the action plan for a detailed appraisal.
Chief adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed convened the meeting to know the progress on activities of the NSDC as well as its action plan.
The council was formed in September on recommendation from Bangladesh Better Business Forum, a government-private platform for maintaining suitable business-investment atmosphere through joint public-private partnership for economic uplift.
A power-point presentation was made to apprise the meeting of the action plan of the council that envisages expanding and upgrading skill-training curricula to cater to the present-day needs.
At the meeting emphasis was put on setting up demand-based skill-training centres to groom skilled workforce in line with the demand for skilled manpower on domestic as well as overseas job markets.
The meeting discussed strengthening the existing 600 or so government training centres across the country ‘on priority basis’ and how the government could finance small training centres.
Education adviser Hossain Zillur Rahman apprised the meeting that the government was going to set up a textile university.
CA’s press secretary Syed Fahim Munaim briefed newsmen about the meeting.
Foreign adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury and secretaries of the ministries concerned were present at the meeting.