Importance of skilled workers increased globally: Imran

Expatriate's Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmad has said currently, the necessity and importance of skilled workers have increased across the globe.

"There is no market for unskilled workers in the present world. The utility and value of skilled labour have increased in the world," he said.

The minister made the remarks while addressing the inauguration ceremony of the newly constructed TTC building at Raninagar sadar upazila of Naogaon as the chief guest on Sunday.

From that realisation of the increased demand for workers across the globe, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has taken the initiative to establish Technical Training Centres (TTC) in upazilas across the country with the aim of creating employment and foreign exchange earnings through the development of the skills of the individual, he said.

Noting that the government has also taken initiatives to send skilled farmers to different countries of the world, he said certificates of their skills must be required in this regard.

The prime minister always says that skilled workers should be sent abroad, he said, adding that these training centres are being constructed according to her instructions. "The government has a plan to establish training for people's skill development in each upazila step by step," he added.

He said that these training centres should be taken to such a condition that it is possible to send them abroad after getting training from those institutions.

The minister also said that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had announced Digital Bangladesh in 2008.

Now the people of Bangladesh are reaping the benefits, he said. Mentioning that the prime minister currently has the desire of building a Smart Bangladesh, the minister sought everyone's cooperation in building a 'Smart Bangladesh' by 2040.

With Director General of Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) Shahidul Alam in the chair, the ceremony was attended, among others, by Member of Parliament from Naogaon-6 Constituency Anwar Hossain Helal, Project Director Deputy Secretary Saiful Haque Chowdhury, Additional Deputy Commissioner (Education) Md Zakir Hossain and Additional Deputy Commissioner Md Gaziur Rahman as special guests.

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