Skills Development: Vocational Education
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2. Authorised Body: The Ministry of Education (MoE). Web
3. TVET programs and schemes:
 4 years of Engineering collage
 4 years of Diploma
 2 years of Higher Secondary Vocational
 2 years of Secondary Vocational
 National Skill Certificate Program (1/2 years)
 Basic Trade course (360 hour/ 3 month)
Source: (BTEB, 2018)
4. Current Enrolment (Students): The rate of enrolment in 2016:
Total no of students in TVET: 875270
The rate of enrolment in technical education in Bangladesh is around 23.95% (Banbase, 2016)
5. Total no of Teachers: 32379 (public + private) (Banbase, 2016)
6. Teaching Strategy: School based assessment (SBA), exam based system, and industrial
attachments are the key perspectives for skill workforce development to compete with the
global labour market needs. The findings of this study report that TVET institutions focus more
on skill training (skilled focused teaching) than theoretical knowledge (lecture method).
7. Quality assurance: There is no specific unit established to ensure quality assurance in TVET
sectors in Bangladesh. However, National Skills Quality Assurance System (NSQAS) has been
proposed by the National Skill development policy. NSQAS may play pivotal role through
ensuring national consistency and high quality training services for all trainees. This was
proposed by ILO, Bangladesh (Source: TVET reform project, ILO)
8. Employment Level (in which level graduates get employment): According to national
qualification framework (NTVQF) of Bangladesh, It seems that
 Mid-Level managerial Job. Often taken from diploma graduates.
 Supervisor or highwages skilledworkers. Often taken from higher secondary vocational
education.
 Lower level position. Graduates from any vocational or technical institute.
9. Social recognition /Peoples’ perceptions about TVET sector: In 1998 the enrolment rate
of students in technical education is only 1.2%, which increased up to 14% in 2016. So social
awareness about TVET sectors increases day by day.
10. Vision/ Mission of TVET : The vision is to ensure skill workforce development that can
compete with 21st century challenges, and to provide quality technical vocational education. It
ensures entire development and skill enhancementvia TVETsector, and to improve relationship
with industries and skill councils for development of skill workforce by implementation of
NTVQF (BTEB, 2017).
11. Any special emphasis on Poor student: Government has policy for providing stipend for
all female students and poor male students. Around 4 million students get stipend in 2016-17
fiscal year (BTEB, 2017).