Youths will be empowered through skill training

The government is taking special measures to empower the youth with skill training and meet the challenges of the fourth industrial revolution (4IR), said Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal in his budget speech on Thursday.

In addition to skill development, necessary steps will be taken to create job opportunities for the youth in the country as well as abroad, the minister added.

"A special allocation of Tk100 crore (1,000 million) has been kept in the next budget for research, innovation and development work to prepare the driving force- the youth- and women for building Smart Bangladesh," he said.

The government believes that its innovative efforts to transform the youth into a knowledge-based, efficient and suitable work force to meet the challenges of the 4IR by adopting education-health-training-skill development activities will bring about revolutionary changes, the ministered observed.

The government will progressively focus on medium to high level skill development activities from basic skills aiming to develop international competitiveness and innovation in the industry sector, he said.

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