Edn curriculum needs to overhaul as per the demand of job market

Education curriculum needs to overhaul as per the demand of job market

The type of trade and economy in Bangladesh has already altered thanks to technology advancement and changing lifestyle of people which created an impact on job market here.
The public and private departments have also changed their official activities to adopt with global economic activities. So, authorities concerned are hiring skilled employees from local and international sources to operate the deeds rapidly.
Despite huge demographic dividend in Bangladesh, we have to import a lot of employees from different countries to operate government and private projects and industries amply. But our huge youths are roaming here and there after completing graduation and post-graduation from different education institutions to get a job.
Right now, the youth unemployment rate in Bangladesh is 10.6 percent, while the national unemployment rate is only 4.2 percent. It has been said that youth unemployment has increased significantly during the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) first digital census and household census preliminary report, the number of 15 to 24-year-old youth in the country is over 3.15 crore, or 19.11 percent of the total population.
About 1 million foreigners are working in various organizations. Most of them are of officer level. Each of their salaries is more than the total salary of five Bangladeshi officials. That is, one foreign official has occupied the place of five domestic job seekers.
According to statistics, 20 thousands foreign workers are working in the garment sector. Their salary is almost half of the total salary of domestic workers in the garment sector. This shows how much money foreign workers are taking from this country. Among the foreigners, Indians have been appointed the most.
According to a CPD study, about 5 lakh Indians are working in Bangladesh. They are taking 3.76 billion dollars to their country annually. Bangladesh is the fifth source of remittances.
On the other hand, our youths are going abroad and sending remittance to Bangladesh working in reasonable salaries.
We also noticed that many foreigners are being hired to lay of Bangladeshi workers too in different institutions which fall impact on our employment sector.
According to the Ministry of Home Affairs, most of foreigners come in the country on tourist visa but their main aim is to work. Why the government does not scrutinize the matter and bring them under punishment? Why there is no actual data on the foreigners, and how much money they send to their countries from Bangladesh?
According to the International Labour Organization (ILO) latest report, Bangladesh unemployment rate would remain 5.0 per cent in 2022, higher than the pre-pandemic level by 0.6 per cent.
There was around 3.1 million unemployed labour forces in 2019 in Bangladesh.
However, our education curriculum is very obsolete. So, it can’t play vital role to meet job market demand. Despite having nearly 17 crore people in the country, we can’t meet skills gap in industries owing to the unfavorable education system.
According to a recent study conducted by the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), the industrial sectors of Bangladesh are moving with a 30 per cent skills gap. And, Only 3.65 per cent of the labour force in Bangladesh receives training each year.
Here, the government should take action plan to tackle the skill gaps, and, take a master plan for the next 10 years so that Bangladesh can create such skilled manpower which will be replaced of foreign workers here.
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