Nurul Islam Nahid, Bangladesh’s Education Minister, has urged the garment exporters to involve local youth – particularly those having skills of international standard in design and fashion – in the industry so that they can compete with other global readymade garment (RMG) exporters.
The Education Minister further added that the international experts employed in making new designs in the RMG buying houses earn a lot staying in Bangladesh just on account of superior performance. “Our youths can become better quality experts in the field if they are provided with proper academic environment which is prevailing in the CBIFT and BUFT as they have developed designs suiting the choice and taste of the foreign buyers,” averred the Minister. He said this while speaking as the chief guest at the fourth anniversary of the CBIFT (Chittagong BGMEA Institute of Fashion and Technology).
The event was held at the auditorium of Chittagong Club Ltd. 14 students were given the BSc Honours degree from the Apparel Manufacture and Technology (AMT) in addition to the 12 students from the Fashion Design and Technology (FDT).
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The Minister said there was only 1 per cent skilled workforce in the country when this government was voted to power. However, the percentage now stands at 26. He hopes by the year 2020, this figure is expected to stand at 65. “Day will come when we will export quality technicians and skilled manpower in different fields from this country to other countries instead of importing,” said the Minister with lot of optimism.
