Eight disabled, 4 distressed women get jobs in RMG factory

FE Report Eight disabled and four under-privileged women have been given jobs in a renowned readymade garment (RMG) factory after completion of a skill development training conduced by International Labour Organisation, the first ever initiative to bring reform in the job related quality improvement. Interfab Shirt Manufacturing, one of the leading garment industries, ensured the job for the women after industrial assessment on the concluding ceremony of a pilot programme on Saturday held at the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP) in Ganakbari, Savar. The Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Reform Project, CRP and Interfab Shirt Manufacturing launched the four-month pilot programme. The Tk 1.36 billion TVET reform project is a joint initiative of the Ministry of Labour, funded by the European Union and executed by the International Labour Organisation to reduce poverty by generating skilled jobs through quality skill training programme for various sectors. According to an ILO press release issued Sunday, women who have successfully graduated will be employed with Grade 1 salary as sewing machine operators. The women will now undergo another eight months of on-the-job training at the Interfab Shirt Manufacturing Ltd. Factory. This process, with the support of skilled trainers and supervisors, will give the women the opportunity to acquire the technical competence required to become multi-skilled RMG workers. There is a huge demand for skilled workers in the RMG sector in Bangladesh and these women prove that, through a quality training and assessment process, underprivileged groups can play a vital role in meeting this demand, the press release added.