Projects taken to turn youths into skilled workforce
UNB, Dhaka :
Aiming to eradicate unemployment and make the youth folks more pro-active, the government has taken various programmes and projects across the country through the Department of Youth Development under the Youth and Sports Ministry.
To turn the youths into skilled workforce the government in 64 districts and 495 upazilas (including 10 metropolitan unit thanas) is motivating the youths through giving training, making them self dependent through taking self-employment projects during post-training period, giving them loan, according to an official document obtained by UNB.
The Department of Youth Development is giving training on 74 trades (33 organisational and 41 non-organisation) in the country to create employment opportunities for the unemployed youths.
The government also distributed 1000 computers to 1000 Youth Clubs for providing computer training to them.
“These computers help to create scopes of employment and self-employment in the rural areas,” the document stated.
Apart from these, under the National Services, which is a priority project of the Â
government, the government is giving training to 24-35 aged youths who have HSC level or more education.
Under this project, the youths are getting training three months training on 10 specific modules.
The other projects under the Department of Youth Development are-establishment of new youth training centers, strengthening training activities in upazila level, integrated management of resources for poverty alleviation through comprehensive technology (impact) second part, strengthening and modernization of Sheikh Hasina National Youth Center and technology empowerment center on wheels for underprivileged rural young people of Bangladesh.
Aiming to eradicate unemployment and make the youth folks more pro-active, the government has taken various programmes and projects across the country through the Department of Youth Development under the Youth and Sports Ministry.
To turn the youths into skilled workforce the government in 64 districts and 495 upazilas (including 10 metropolitan unit thanas) is motivating the youths through giving training, making them self dependent through taking self-employment projects during post-training period, giving them loan, according to an official document obtained by UNB.
The Department of Youth Development is giving training on 74 trades (33 organisational and 41 non-organisation) in the country to create employment opportunities for the unemployed youths.
The government also distributed 1000 computers to 1000 Youth Clubs for providing computer training to them.
“These computers help to create scopes of employment and self-employment in the rural areas,” the document stated.
Apart from these, under the National Services, which is a priority project of the Â
government, the government is giving training to 24-35 aged youths who have HSC level or more education.
Under this project, the youths are getting training three months training on 10 specific modules.
The other projects under the Department of Youth Development are-establishment of new youth training centers, strengthening training activities in upazila level, integrated management of resources for poverty alleviation through comprehensive technology (impact) second part, strengthening and modernization of Sheikh Hasina National Youth Center and technology empowerment center on wheels for underprivileged rural young people of Bangladesh.
