UNB, Dhaka :
The International Labour Organization (ILO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment hosted a high-level international webinar to look at the need to assess and certify the skills of millions of Bangladeshi migrant workers.
Over 130 participants from across Asia, Europe and the Middle East who are involved in implementing RPL from government, development partners, and employers shared their views on skills recognition, certification and decent jobs at the webinar titled Recognition of Prior Learning for Migrant Workers in Asia, ILO said on Tuesday.
The Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) process helps individuals acquire a formal qualification that matches their knowledge and skills, and contributes to improving their employability, mobility, lifelong learning, social inclusion and self-esteem.
According to a recent IOM Study, 60 per cent of Bangladeshi migrants who have returned home due to the fallout of Covid-19 on global markets, expressed a genuine desire to upgrade and certify their skills.
Moreover, 75% of them said that once the international labour market re-opens, they would like to work in a country where their core skills would be
recognised and justly rewarded. An ILO report also found that almost one-third of men and women who had returned because of the pandemic, said they had learned new skills or greatly improved existing skills. However, without credible RPL certification to prove they possessed these newly formed skills and experiences, they could not capitalise on their skills.
According to the BTEB, there are presently 411 RPL centres in the country and these facilities have provided certificates to 41,560 workers.
The challenge now is to link the centres with the migrant returnees who have returned home but also seek to offer certification for millions who are still working overseas.
The International Labour Organization (ILO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment hosted a high-level international webinar to look at the need to assess and certify the skills of millions of Bangladeshi migrant workers.
Over 130 participants from across Asia, Europe and the Middle East who are involved in implementing RPL from government, development partners, and employers shared their views on skills recognition, certification and decent jobs at the webinar titled Recognition of Prior Learning for Migrant Workers in Asia, ILO said on Tuesday.
The Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) process helps individuals acquire a formal qualification that matches their knowledge and skills, and contributes to improving their employability, mobility, lifelong learning, social inclusion and self-esteem.
According to a recent IOM Study, 60 per cent of Bangladeshi migrants who have returned home due to the fallout of Covid-19 on global markets, expressed a genuine desire to upgrade and certify their skills.
Moreover, 75% of them said that once the international labour market re-opens, they would like to work in a country where their core skills would be
recognised and justly rewarded. An ILO report also found that almost one-third of men and women who had returned because of the pandemic, said they had learned new skills or greatly improved existing skills. However, without credible RPL certification to prove they possessed these newly formed skills and experiences, they could not capitalise on their skills.
According to the BTEB, there are presently 411 RPL centres in the country and these facilities have provided certificates to 41,560 workers.
The challenge now is to link the centres with the migrant returnees who have returned home but also seek to offer certification for millions who are still working overseas.
