Around 5,250 male and female youth will be given training on various income generation fields in the district aims at making them self-reliant through their self-employment during the current fiscal year.
Department of Youth Development (DYD) will impart the non-formal training under its training and self-employment programme on the potential fields like goat and cattle rearing, poultry birds rearing, fish farming, sewing, block- boutique, embroidery and nakshi kantha stitching.
“We will arrange seven-day training course on each of the trade in phases,” said Shamim Chowdhury, Deputy Director-in-Charge of DYD, while talking to BSS here today on the issue.
He said most of the training will be held in village-level so that the grassroots men and women aged between 18 and 35 can derive total benefits of the training. All the interested persons will be brought under the training that will be held in 15 batches in each of the upazilas, Chowdhury added.
Meanwhile, a training course was inaugurated at Patiakandi village under Charghat Upazila yesterday. Upazila Chairman Fakhrul Islam, Youth Development Officer Mukhlesur Rahman and its Credit Officer Nazrul Islam addressed the function.
In his remarks, Fakhrul Islam said the present government under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been working relentlessly to make the young generation working force to foster the economic condition in both rural and urban areas.
10 differently able females get job, seeing new life
Some 10 differently abled females are dreaming of new happy life as they are getting job in a textile factory after being provided proper training on technical sides by a government organistation.
The females namely Maya Sultana, 18, Asma Khatun, 20, Nasrin Khatun, 24, Tara Begum, 25, Salma Akhter, 21, Tania Parveen, 25, Aloki Khatun, 24, Lota Akhter, 26, Jahanara Begum, 27, and Hazera Khatun, 22, are now residing in Safe Home being operated by Department of Social Services (DSS) in Rajshahi city. The Safe Home authority also spearheaded them training on sewing and tailoring at UCEP Bangladesh here.
After successful completion of their training, Textile Division of Square Group provided job to them through proper selection process.
Safe Home Deputy Superintendent Laizu Razzaque informed a meeting arranged for giving farewell to the women at the safe home conference hall here on Thursday afternoon.
DSS Deputy Director Rashedul Kabir and Trainer of UCEP Bangladesh Rouful
Islam also spoke on the occasion.
In the preliminary stage, each of the females will get Taka 6,000 as monthly salary with housing and food facilities at Kanchpur factory of Square in Narayangonj.
On successful completion of the probationary stage, their salary will be doubled, added Laizu Razzaque, who, by herself, will take the females to their new working place.