14-point action plan for grooming skilled manpower discussed

---

A national panel Sunday elaborately discussed a 14-point action plan for grooming skilled manpower suiting contemporary job requirements at home and abroad, reports UNB.
The recently formed National Skills Development Council (NSDC) in its first meeting at the CA's office took up the action plan for a detailed appraisal.
Chief Adviser (CA) Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed convened the meeting to know the progress on activities of the NSDC as well as its action plan.
The skills council was formed in September on recommendation from Bangladesh Better Business Forum (BBBF), a high-profile government-private platform constituted 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 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.