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Bangladeshi-Korea Technical Training Centre inaugurated in city
BSS, Dhaka
Bangladesh-Korea Technical Training Centre, first vocational training institution established in the country with Korean support has been inaugurated at Darus Salam in Mirpur here on Monday.
Adviser for Foreign Affairs, Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury inaugurated the center with a hope that the center would help creating skill manpower to cope with the better opportunities of overseas employment.
Ambassador of Republic of Korea to Bangladesh Suk Bum Park attended the function as the special guest. Secretary of the Ministry of Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Matin Chowdhury also spoke on the occasion while Director General of Bureau of Manpower Export Training (BMET) Abdul Malek was in the chair.
The adviser extended thanks to the Korean government for providing financial and technical support to construct the training center renovating the Mirpur Technical Training Centre (TTC).
“Korea and Bangladesh enjoy an excellent bilateral relation and the TTC is the testimony of Bangladesh-Korea friendship,’ he said.
Every year more than 2,500 persons will get opportunity to take short course vocational training in the centre furbished with modern technology.
The adviser said this year Bangladesh has made a record of sending 7,62,603 workers for overseas employment till October 2008, which is 10 percent higher than the corresponding period of the previous year.
‘During this period, the remittance have also registered phenomenal growth,” he said adding so far the country received remittance US$ 7.5 billion, 37 percent higher than that of the same period last year.
Laying importance on development of skill and export of more trained manpower, the adviser said, it brings more remittances and lessens the chance of exploitation.
He said, the government has devised a 9-point strategy to promote overseas employment and ensure welfare of the migrant workers. The government is trying to improve the skill level of the workers through 37 TTC and by setting up public-private partnership programmes (PPP) simultaneously, he said.
The TTC has been renovated with Taka 30.34 crore including Korean Government’s financial assistance of Taka 27.53 crore, official said.
