Returnee migrants can go back as skilled workers with certificate

Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad. Star file photo

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

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

BKTTC, Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Mohila Technical Training Centre (SFMMTTC) and Bangladesh German Technical Training Centre (BGTTC) organised the discussion marking birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and National Children's Day.

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

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

Marking Bangabandhu's birth centenary, he said the ministry has taken initiatives to create "Bangabandhu Corner" at each technical training centre (TTC) in the country.

The minister handed over RPL certificates among three returnee migrants from Qatar, Jordan and Malaysia at the event. Besides, winners of an essay and drawing competition also received crests and certificates.

Officials of the ministry and its different organisations as well as principals of the TTCs also addressed the programme.