Currently, there are several such training programs with hundreds of millions of dollars invested to create skilled employable workforce. However, are the firms utilizing this cherished “skilled workers” developed by these programs? The research study “Better jobs: A strategy to end fraud in skills training in Bangladesh” published by SOAS University talks about such a concern. The research suggests that the problem is two-fold — lack of skills and lack of organizational capacity to utilize skills. Focusing on a few major training programs, the authors show that it is unreasonable to expect that all trainees will get jobs after graduation.
Currently, there are several such training programs with hundreds of millions of dollars invested to create skilled employable workforce. However, are the firms utilizing this cherished “skilled workers” developed by these programs? The research study “Better jobs: A strategy to end fraud in skills training in Bangladesh” published by SOAS University talks about such a concern. The research suggests that the problem is two-fold — lack of skills and lack of organizational capacity to utilize skills. Focusing on a few major training programs, the authors show that it is unreasonable to expect that all trainees will get jobs after graduation.
