Those with RPL certificates can go abroad as skilled workers: Expats minister

Expatriates' Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad today said with obtaining government-provided recognition of prior learning (RPL) certificates, returnee migrant workers will be able to go abroad as "skilled workers".

"They (workers) will be able to earn more," the minister said while addressing a discussion at the auditorium of Bangladesh-Korea Technical Training Centre (BKTTC) in Dhaka.

The programme was organised marking the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the National Children's Day.

Addressing as chief guest, Imran Ahmad said about 4 lakh Bangladeshi migrant workers returned home amid the coronavirus pandemic last year.

The ministry has undertaken initiative to provide them with RPL certificates based on skills they have acquired abroad, he said.

On the occasion of Bangabandhu's birth centenary, he said the ministry has taken initiative to create 'Mujib Corner' at each TTC in the country.

At the programme, the minister handed over RPL certificates among three returnee migrants from Qatar, Jordan and Malaysia.