Driving schools needed
Driving as a profession has good prospect for lower middle class and poor people. Qualified and trained drivers can ensure better safety on roads for both people and vehicles. We did not give due importance to these factors in the past. Trained Drivers can go abroad and earn money for themselves and for their families. Their foreign currency remittances can have a positive impact on the existing deficit balance of payment. The Bangladesh government has been spending a huge amount of money for general education, religious education but not much for technical and professional education. A big amount of foreign exchange is earned by expatriate Bangladeshis. Most of the Bangladeshi workers perform manual jobs abroad.
Millions of people in Bangladesh are unemployed or under-employed since long. It is an acute problem in Bangladesh. A good number of them can be trained as drivers and sent to foreign countries. When the plan is materialised, the amount of remittance will definitely increase, which in the long run will contribute to the economic development of the country. Bangladesh Road Transport Authority, Technical Education Board and Man Power Ministry can establish a few driving training institutes in every city to train people in driving and provide driving licenses to them.
I would urge the government to establish 20-30 driving institutes in the cities.
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