10,800 women of 5 dists to get job in RMG
BSS, Dhaka :
Some 10,800 women of five northern districts would be facilitated with formal employment in readymade garment factories.
The Northern Areas Reduction-of-Poverty Initiative (NARI) project, supported by the World Bank, will provide training, transitional housing and counseling to prepare themselves for the jobs.
To this end, training for around 900 beneficiaries of first batch is scheduled to commence on January 2015, said a World Bank press release yesterday.
The trainings will be for three months period and technical curriculum would include training in cutting, sewing, and quality control.
The five districts are Gaibandha, Kurigram, Lalmonirhat, Nilphamari and Rangpur. The construction of dormitories and training centers in three sites in Dhaka, Karnaphuli, and Ishwardi Export Processing Zones (EPZ) are completed and ready for handover. The training centers will accommodate cohorts of 300 trainees.
A monthly US$ 10 stipend will be provided to trainees (for three training period) in addition to secure housing, food, training, job placement facilities.
Once they find a job they may continue staying at the DTCs for three additional months but will pay
subsidized amounts for food. The dormitories attached to the training center will accommodate 600 women for a transitional period of six months at a time.
The trainees will also receive skill training covering topics such as adjustment to city life, savings and remittances, safety and security, rights and responsibilities at the work-place, finding appropriate housing and contract negotiation and health among others.
An Information Education and Communication Campaign will be launched in the five target districts to raise awareness and select the candidates and help the transition to training and formal employment at EPZ sites by January 2015.
The World Bank has approved concessional IDA financing of US$29.29 million for this project. The project closing date has been extended to October 31, 2017.
Some 10,800 women of five northern districts would be facilitated with formal employment in readymade garment factories.
The Northern Areas Reduction-of-Poverty Initiative (NARI) project, supported by the World Bank, will provide training, transitional housing and counseling to prepare themselves for the jobs.
To this end, training for around 900 beneficiaries of first batch is scheduled to commence on January 2015, said a World Bank press release yesterday.
The trainings will be for three months period and technical curriculum would include training in cutting, sewing, and quality control.
The five districts are Gaibandha, Kurigram, Lalmonirhat, Nilphamari and Rangpur. The construction of dormitories and training centers in three sites in Dhaka, Karnaphuli, and Ishwardi Export Processing Zones (EPZ) are completed and ready for handover. The training centers will accommodate cohorts of 300 trainees.
A monthly US$ 10 stipend will be provided to trainees (for three training period) in addition to secure housing, food, training, job placement facilities.
Once they find a job they may continue staying at the DTCs for three additional months but will pay
subsidized amounts for food. The dormitories attached to the training center will accommodate 600 women for a transitional period of six months at a time.
The trainees will also receive skill training covering topics such as adjustment to city life, savings and remittances, safety and security, rights and responsibilities at the work-place, finding appropriate housing and contract negotiation and health among others.
An Information Education and Communication Campaign will be launched in the five target districts to raise awareness and select the candidates and help the transition to training and formal employment at EPZ sites by January 2015.
The World Bank has approved concessional IDA financing of US$29.29 million for this project. The project closing date has been extended to October 31, 2017.