'Technical education key to reduce educated unemployment'

Proper action plan for each sector and positive attitude toward technical education can play a vital role in reducing educated unemployment in the country, experts said today.

They spoke at a webinar on "Sectoral action plan for youth sensitive budgeting" jointly organised by the South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (Sanem) and ActionAid Bangladesh.

"Time-bound benefits of demographic dividend have remained untapped due to the lack of coherence of existing policies, common understanding of intended policy outcomes and coordination among government bodies and community groups," said Eshrat Sharmin, senior research associate of the Sanem.

The plan would mitigate the challenges hindering youths' development and realising future potential through the implementation of the agenda of the youth budget framework, she said in her presentation.

It also will achieve the broad economic, social and national objectives by recommending applicable and specific goals to be attained annually, by 5 years and by 10 years, Sharmin said.

The plan will also strengthen implementation and overcome institutional barriers by raising accountability of ministries and divisions through means of measuring progress and a monitoring and evaluation framework, she said.

Moderated by Nazmul Ahsan, manager for young people at ActionAid Bangladesh, MA Mannan, minister for planning; Farah Kabir, country director of ActionAid Bangladesh; Selim Raihan, economics professor of Dhaka University and executive director of Sanem, and Sayema Haque Bidisha, economics professor of Dhaka University and research director of Sanem, also spoke at the event.