Editorial
Plantation workers find a new opportunity
We welcome sending them to Malaysia
We are heartened to recall that recently Malaysia has made a formal request to our government to recruit 10,000 male workers from Bangladesh. This marks the official lifting of the four-year ban on the part of Malaysia to take in our workers. It's a doubly happy news from Malaysia which has been a very important destination for export of manpower for us.
An elaborate plan has been chalked out for registration of the jobseekers online through the help of 4,500 union parishad information and service centres. Jobseekers under some 500 UPs which are not equipped to handle the registration work would be free to avail of the opportunity in the neighbouring information centres.
A database of 35,000 would be prepared from which 11,500 names would be selected through lottery in the first phase of recruitment. The schedules have been drawn up for all the components of the process including for their training in 14 government technical training centres across the country. According to latest information, the first batch of new recruits is likely to fly out after February.
The two other good features are as follows: First, this constitutes the first phase of what promises to be 40,000 of our plantation workers eventually making it to Malaysia. Secondly, Tk 40,000 is going to be total cost for each farmer to take up their positions in Malaysia.
The plan good on paper but it must be implemented with due care taken of quality assurance in terms of selection procedures. Upon their success and conduct depends the continuation of manpower supply to a very friendly and resourceful country like Malaysia.
We understand that selection of workers from each union will be based on quota system which in turn will follow a demographic map. Our plea is that the distribution of jobs is consistent with the principles of fair play including the consideration of promoting backward areas of the country.
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