Secondary School Certificate Vocational

institutions offering HSC BM course increases geometrically all over the country on self-finance basis. In 2004 the numbers of institutions become 954 with about 64,000-intake capacity which covers the whole country. And the project converted to program. Table 2. Condition of Business Management Vocational institutions in Bangladesh, as in [3]. Division Number of Institutions Entry capacity Dhaka 213 13,740 Chittagong 84 6,210 Rajshahi 433 29,970 Khulna 136 9,840 Barishal 69 5,760 Sylhet 19 1,200 954 63,720

2.3 Basic Trades

All over Bangladesh the BTEB offers different types of BT courses with duration 3 to 4-year. Following are the courses with the number of institutes and their intake capacities. Table 3. Courses in BT with the number of institutes and their intake capacities, as in [3]. Course Title Number of Institutions Intake Capacity Diploma Dip. Technical Education 01 120 Dip. Vocational Education 01 80 Certificate Technical Education 01 120 Dip. Engineering 109 11894 Dip. Engineering GlassCeramic 01 80 Dip. Engineering printing 01 50 Dip. Engineering Survey 02 264 Dip. Textile Engineering 16 1210 Dip. Agriculture 52 6460 Dip. Forestry 01 50 Dip. Marine Engineering 01 22 Dip. Shipbuilding Engineering 01 22 Dip. Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Avionics Aerospace 01 01 22 22 Dip. Commerce 07 616 HSC Business Management 955 53275 HSC Voc. 64 2875 SSC Voc. 1280 91765 Course Title Number of Institutions Intake Capacity SSC Voc.Textile 30 1804 NSS Basic 83 4140 NSS Grade-II III 06 660 Computer Training Program 302 15696 Health Technology Services Dip.-in-Medical Ultrasound Certificate-in-Medical Ultrasound Dip.-in Para Medical Dip.-in-Medical Marketing Management Certificate-in- Integrated Acupuncture ultrasound 04 04 02 01 01 88 88 44 22 22 Certificate-in-Secretarial Science 01 22 Business Typing 01 22

3. Achievement of Vocational and Technical

Education in Bangladesh The Bangladesh Technical Education Board started functioning from 1958. The BTEB has introduced market oriented demand based curriculums in different levels Trade, Certificate and Diploma and different Technical Vocational Education and Training TVET sectors. BTEB successfully introduced some emerging technologies in Basic Trade Dip.-in-Engineering course, e.g.: Construction technology, Telecommunication technology, Environmental technology, Instrumentation process control technology, Mine survey and Mining technology, Medical equipment technology, Dip.-in- Aeronautical and Avionics is introduced, Curriculum for the Medical Technician. Huge expansion of BTEB affiliated institutes throughout the country especially in SSC voc.; HSC BM 4 years Dip.-in-Agriculture was remarkable. The total number of successfully passed-out graduates of different level of curriculum under the Bangladesh Technical Education Board 1958-2004 was 412,824.

4. Hurdles

towards the development of Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Bangladesh Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Bangladesh suffers from two types of problems; 1. Economical and infrastructural and 2. Social and methodological. As a developing country Bangladesh is still fighting with poverty. On the other hand, to meet Millennium Development Goal, most of the money 109