LIMITED scope for technical education which fails to meet the requirement of the apparel industry in Bangladesh appears to be gravely concerning in that while several billion dollars in salaries and allowances paid to top-level foreign employees fly out of the country, the situation, if it continues for long, is likely to spell a disaster for the industry as it would grow further.
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In April 2013, an eight-story building in Bangladesh collapsed, killing over 1,000 people, many of them women making garments for well-known international brands.
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For attaining sustainable and high growth rate of an economy and improving the living standard of its people, the role of skill development cannot be over- emphasised. Skill development not only enhances and expands an individual's capacity of earning, the formation has the potential of transforming the nation's workforce into a more productive one and thereby contributing immensely towards the growth momentum of an economy.
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