Rural youth and unemployment
Among the population, 80% are youth. Roughly 50% rural youths belong to less-landed families and live in hardship. Most begin life as child labour. About 80% rural youth in Bangladesh are engaged in the agriculture sector as labour. Often utilized by vested groups, they unwillingly get involved in anti-social and illegal activities. Because of institutional and situational barriers, efforts of the enthusiastic rural youths for entrepreneurship often go in vein. Most of the rural youths hardly have any opportunity to have employment and developing saleable skills. They have no access to educational facilities. Majority of the rural youth are burdened with ”double poverty”-their own poverty because of unemployment and poverty of their family. Hidden unemployment is highest among rural youths, especially among the female youths. So, it is need of the time to reorganize our traditional education system in line with scientific, technical and vocational education required for making our youths work oriented and practical in life.
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