The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Wednesday told Jatiya Sangsad that safe migration of workers and reducing of immigration cost are top priority of her government to expand manpower market abroad.
She also said the government has been making efforts to realise the outstanding salaries of the repatriated workers from Libya after recent political turmoil.
Some companies have agreed to pay the outstanding salaries of the workers, she said in response to a question from treasury bench lawmaker Nurul Islam Bsc at Sangsad Bhaban.
The prime minister said the present government has undertaken three-tier measures for human resources development and safe migration of the workers.
Based on the overseas demand for workers, she said the workers are being given training in 46 trades. To check fraudulent practice of the manpower exporters, digital database of outgoing workers is being prepared with giving each of them a 'Smart Card'.
The prime minister said a massive programme has been taken in the rural area in collaboration with district and upazila administration and other local government bodies to motivate the youths intending to go abroad with a job to register their names with the district deputy commissioner office.
For maximum utilisation of the training centres of the Manpower Bureau, she said second shift of the training centres has been introduced.
Pointing out her government steps for sending woman workers abroad, she said, 'We want to ensure safe migration of woman workers and at a very low cost and government initiatives helped increase the number of expatriate women workers extensively in recent times.'
She said the present government had taken stringent measures to provide them with necessary training, for their safe migration and ensure social security abroad and a 21-day training has been made compulsory for them before leaving the country.
The government is bearing the expenses of training, food, boarding and conveyance of the woman workers nominated by the district administration for going abroad with job, she said, adding that the women are being given training on housekeeping, language, culture, customs and security measures of the recruiting countries.
The prime minister said the expatriates have sent home remittance equivalent to US$ 12.01 billion in 2010, which was around US$ 8 billion in 2006.
As part of the mid-term plan of the government, the prime minister said Tk 140 crore fund has been created to train up workers, market research and expansion of labour market. If necessary the fund would be increased, she said, adding that the government wanted to do more in that area in partnership with private sector.
Under the long-term planning of the government for human resources development and expatriate workers, one lakh workers would be given training a year in 48 trades, the prime minister said. In view of this, she said 30 more technical training centres and five marine technology institutes were being constructed.
The prime minister said Australia, Canada, Russia, New Zealand, Sudan, Rumania, Botswana, Tajikistan are among the countries where Bangladesh is trying to explore new job markets. Poland, Sweden, Papua New guinea, Algeria, South Africa, Angola, and Congo have already accepted Bangladeshi workers, she said adding that Bangladesh is also making efforts to explore the manpower market in East European countries.
Source : New Age
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