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Sunday, May 19, 2013

History

There are huge resources in Bangladesh Navy Dockyard. But all the workers of Dockyard are not very well paid and some of them undergo financial hardships when retired. To do welfare for these workers, a proposal was sent to Welfare Directorate at NHQ to establish a Technical Institute using the talent of the skilled (both in service & retired) personnel to run the institute and provide training to the unemployed youth of the society. Over populated Bangladesh is an urgent need of effective educational opportunities in the technical field specially in the maritime sector, where there is a huge potential. The problem is greater for the youth who having completed their secondary & higher secondary education, cannot continue and end up with no qualification at all. For them the possibility of employment and the chance of a dignified life become rather slim.

Development

It is important for Bangladesh to develop vocational education. Bangladesh’s workforce is facing with two problems, low quality and a lack of skilled technicians, who only account for one third of the total. These problems have greatly affected Bangladesh’s innovation, resulting in low-end products, and low remittances of these workers employed abroad.
Cdre M Jasim Uddin Bhuiyan,ndc,psc Commodore Superintendent Dockyard took up the challenge of Card. Supported by Welfare Directorate, NHQ under the guidance of CNS Adm Z U Ahmed, ndc, psc started the project with some officers of Bangladesh Navy Dockyard.
The Institute is located beside BN Dockyard New Mooring, Chittagong. The institute comprises of workshops, classrooms, and offices, covering a built area of about 10,000 sqf.
In July 30, 2009 the Institute was opened, enrolling 53 boys and offering Welding, Electrical & House wiring, AC & Refrigeration and Machinist courses. At the end of the year the students were examined by Bangladesh Technical Education Board to obtain the “Trade Course Certificate" as provided by the Bangladesh Government. Similarly 108 boys were enrolled in the 2nd batch. Subsequently two courses of 6 months duration will continue to be run starting in January and July of each year.