Need for specialised education

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Fashion institutes are needed to bolster the country's export-oriented ready-made-garments (RMG) sector. A few of them have been set up but more are needed. Institutions to impart education and training on leather technology are in very short supply. More of these institutions can help produce skilled manpower for rapid expansion of the leather industries sector with greater export dimension.
Specialised educational institutions to teach agricultural science that can create manpower in support of the growing export-oriented agro-based industries could be another worthwhile field of investment. The private sector can similarly invest in polytechnics, engineering universities and colleges with assured rates of return on their investments.
There is a big demand for engineering and vocational education and compared to the demand, such education in the country are in short supply. Investments made in this area will not only meet demand, but help in the creation of a growing, technologically proficient workforce to increasingly supply the needs of various sectors of the economy.

Masood Mahmood
Kalabagan, Dhaka.