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subjects which need new knowledge and skills).
7.
Female skilledworkers did not face higher level of unemployment compared tomale. In
order to confirm this, opinions from industry supports it further.
8.
Bangladesh cannot sendmany of their skilled people to foreign countr ies due to English
or other language barriers.
9.
Bangladesh does not have adequate TVET institutions for skill training.
10.
There is a lack of competent instructors (teachers) in TVET sectors. This finding may
provide an insight for the finding number 5, Table 3.3. (findings in success factors) in
where teachers perceived that the instructors in TVETsectors are competent toconduct
subjects which need new knowledge and skills)
11.
Youth opinions have not been taken into consideration
sufficiently
while formulating
policies for the development of vocational education.
12.
The graduates are not competent to meet industrial requirement
(iii)Government’s initiatives inTVETsector of Bangladesh:
Table 3.5: Government’s initiatives
Teachers
Administrator
s
ITEMS
SA
%
A
%
N
%
DA
%
SDA
%
X
SA
%
A
%
N
%
DA
%
SDA
%
X
1
The
government
has failed to
update skills
10
21.3 16.3 35.1 16.7 2.73 0
14.3 9.5
57.1 19
2.19
2
Initiative for
installing
latest/modern
equipment
20.8 58.3 7.1
8.8
5
3.81 4.8
85.7 4.8
4.8
0
3.9
3
Have training
programs for
updating
instructors’
skills
34.7 54.4
5
4.2
1.7
4.16
19
66.7 4.8
9.5
0
3.95
4
Changing
negative
attitude
towards skilled
work
25.6 53.4 10.9 6.7
3.4
3.91 10.5 84.2
5.3
0
4.00
5
Policies
contributed in
improving
skills
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
14.3 66.7 19
0
0
3.95
6
Curriculum is
revising
regularly
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
9.5
61.9 00
19
9.5
3.43
Table 3.5 shows that, most of the participated teachers (68.1%) and administrators (85.6%) did
not agree to the negative statement that the government has failed to improve TVET sectors for
enhancing skills level. The mean values, X for T =2.73 and X for A = 2.19, are also low, which are
less than 3.5. Therefore, the statement is not accepted. In the second item, a significant amount
of participants (both 79.1% of teachers and 90.5% of administrators) agreed that TVET sectors
are taking initiative for installing (managing) latest/modern equipment. Themean values, X for
T =3.81 and X for A = 3.90, are higher than 3.50. Thus, the statement is accepted. In item 3, most