Bangladesh: Skills for Employment Investment Program - Tranche 2

Education / Technical and vocational education and training

Two consultants, engaged for NHRDF, have already developed detailed draft operational modalities, Organogram (with recruitment rules) and TVET Financing Modalities. Review workshop was arranged. Final reports will be submitted soon. NHRDF is expected to be fully operational by 2020.

NSDA has already been established by law. Rules and regulations to make it fully operational have already been prepared and submitted to Prime Minister's Office for approval. The Executive Chairman of NSDA has already been appointed. NSDA's Organogram has also been sent to Prime Minister's Office for approval.

As of 30 June 2020, a total of 140,342 new entrants were enrolled and 110,363 trainees were certified out of whom 81,164 were placed in job under T2.i.e. 73.54%.

As of 30 June 2020, 8,653 trainees were enrolled for up-skilling training under Tranche 2. Out of 7,628 certified trainees,7,163 are currently in job (93.90%).

As of 30 June 2020, special stipend was paid to 25,243 trainees under Tranche 2 of whom 10,052 were women i.e. 39.82% of the total. Payment of stipend to more trainees is under process.

In addition to this, 20,509 current trainees of T2 have been paid Special Allowance of Tk. 5,000 each for COVID 19 to keep them motivated to the ongoing training courses which are interrupted by COVID 19.

Out of 130 CS to be developed by SEIP project, so far 87 CS and 60 CBLMs have been developed under Tranche 1 and Tranche 2 together.

Two public institutes have been identified for training of trainers, and the detailed program proposals are currently under review for finalization.

Two public institutes have been identified for training of trainers, and the detailed program proposals are currently under review for finalization.

Preparation of detailed operational plan and guidelines is ongoing.

The team has already been established. quality assurance work is progressing with the guidance of this team.

Ongoing.

SWAp framework will be considered after NSDA is operationalized.

Sex-disaggregated data are incorporated in TMS system. All analyses are also done by sex.

For the training of 125 managers / administrators a contract has been signed with the Institute of Public Finance (IPF).Training of 75 managers has competed out of the targeted 125.

NSDA bill was passed by the parliament on 18 September, 2018. Organogram and NSDA has been approved by the Prime Ministers Office under which the NSDA will be operating.

The DSC firm has already been engaged and it has started working since March 2020. The firm is now doing the design work for 03 TTCs. After the design is developed, process of floating tender will start

100 trainers received training of whom 19 were female.