Training centre for outgoing workers

Around 13 million Bangladeshi workers are now working in different countries all over the world, according to the Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment. However, quality labour migration is yet to be ensured as the majority of the outgoing workers are believed to be unskilled or low-skilled. Only skilled workers are able to fetch in more remittances for us.

Bangladesh is still considered a source of low-skilled workers. Around 74 per cent of the labourers who migrated last year were unskilled, says the Refugee and Migratory Movement Research Unit. The huge population we have can be a boon for the country if they are properly trained and then sent abroad. It would be wise on the part of the government to set up a modern training centre to impart different skill development trainings to these workers. The sooner the initiative is taken the better for us.

Sirazi Shahjahan,

Malibagh, Dhaka,

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