BSS, Rangpur :
Rangpur Technical Training Centre (TTC) has produced around 16,000 skilled youth workforce on 22 technical and vocational courses under eight trades since its inception in 2008.
About 12,000 of the trained youths have been employed at different local and foreign industries, factories, offices and enterprises and around 6,650 of them, including over 2,400 female youths, are working abroad in seventeen countries.
The information was disclosed at closing ceremony and pre-employment counseling of two-month skill development training course on ‘Industrial Sewing Machine Operation’ held at Rangpur TTC conference room here on Sunday.
Rangpur TCC organised the course on ‘Industrial Sewing Machine Operation’ for 30 male and female youths, including six members of ethnic minority communities, selected with assistance of Practical Action Bangladesh and RDRS Bangladesh.
Deputy Commissioner Enamul Habib attended the ceremony as chief guest with Principal of Rangpur TTC Engineer Md. Lutfar Rahman in the chair.
Vocational Education and Job Placement Specialist of Practical Acting Bangladesh Rafiquel Islam, District Coordinator (Training and Knowledge Management) of the EC-PRISM Project of RDRS Bangladesh Rakibul Bahar and Vice-president of NNMC Partho Bose were present as special guests.
In his welcome speech, Engineer Lutfar Rahman said around 18,000 youths were admitted at Rangpur TTC since 2008 and some 16,000 of them already completed trainings on various courses.
Over 2,000 male and female youths are undergoing training at Rangpur TTC where language courses in Japanese, Arabic, English and Korean are also being conducted in addition to technical and vocational trainings.
“On completion of courses at Rangpur TTC, many local industries, factories and organisations are directly appointing the trained workforce and overseas employment recruiting agencies are appointing them in foreign countries,” Rahman added.
The chief guest said the present government has put importance on popularising technical and vocational education and training programmes among the youths to turn them into skilled workforce for increasing productivity and foreign remittance inflow.
He asked the 30 trainees and 25 outgoing overseas workers to properly utilise their knowledge and skills while serving both at home and aboard.
Rangpur Technical Training Centre (TTC) has produced around 16,000 skilled youth workforce on 22 technical and vocational courses under eight trades since its inception in 2008.
About 12,000 of the trained youths have been employed at different local and foreign industries, factories, offices and enterprises and around 6,650 of them, including over 2,400 female youths, are working abroad in seventeen countries.
The information was disclosed at closing ceremony and pre-employment counseling of two-month skill development training course on ‘Industrial Sewing Machine Operation’ held at Rangpur TTC conference room here on Sunday.
Rangpur TCC organised the course on ‘Industrial Sewing Machine Operation’ for 30 male and female youths, including six members of ethnic minority communities, selected with assistance of Practical Action Bangladesh and RDRS Bangladesh.
Deputy Commissioner Enamul Habib attended the ceremony as chief guest with Principal of Rangpur TTC Engineer Md. Lutfar Rahman in the chair.
Vocational Education and Job Placement Specialist of Practical Acting Bangladesh Rafiquel Islam, District Coordinator (Training and Knowledge Management) of the EC-PRISM Project of RDRS Bangladesh Rakibul Bahar and Vice-president of NNMC Partho Bose were present as special guests.
In his welcome speech, Engineer Lutfar Rahman said around 18,000 youths were admitted at Rangpur TTC since 2008 and some 16,000 of them already completed trainings on various courses.
Over 2,000 male and female youths are undergoing training at Rangpur TTC where language courses in Japanese, Arabic, English and Korean are also being conducted in addition to technical and vocational trainings.
“On completion of courses at Rangpur TTC, many local industries, factories and organisations are directly appointing the trained workforce and overseas employment recruiting agencies are appointing them in foreign countries,” Rahman added.
The chief guest said the present government has put importance on popularising technical and vocational education and training programmes among the youths to turn them into skilled workforce for increasing productivity and foreign remittance inflow.
He asked the 30 trainees and 25 outgoing overseas workers to properly utilise their knowledge and skills while serving both at home and aboard.
