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Putting the First Brick to Make the Biggest Wall. Development Solicitors Bangladesh University of Dhaka. Experience. Youth unemployment is a serious problem in Bangladesh like most of the countries of the world, but the features are somewhat different.
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Putting the First Brick to Make the Biggest Wall Development Solicitors Bangladesh University of Dhaka
Experience • Youth unemployment is a serious problem in Bangladesh like most of the countries of the world, but the features are somewhat different. • The common factors of youth unemployment that we have experienced are- • Slow pace of job creation • Lack of Skill • Mismatch between supply and demand in the labor market • Social Evaluation of work • Type of Livelihood
Discover • We have surveyed 100 fresh graduates of the University of Dhaka who are struggling to get into the job market. • The survey results pointed out many reasons behind youth unemployment among which we picked two main reasons to work with.
Discover Problem Tree Effect Cause Youth Unemployment Social Evaluation of Work Mismatch Between Demand and Supply Cultural Perspectives Emphasis on family status Practical Irrelevance of education system Lack of experience Gender sensitivity
Solution • Launching a ‘Mandatory Internship project’ in the public universities for students of Social Science Faculty. • The main purpose of our project will be to produce skilled and experienced youth according to the demand of the job market. • The social evaluation of work will also be challenged through the project.
Cont... • Initially our target population will be 1000 unemployed fresh graduates from the faculty of social science of the University of Dhaka. • The rationale behind choosing this target group is that presently there is no internship program available for the students of social science in Bangladesh.
Cont... • We will execute this plan through creating a collaboration between the government and public universities. • There will no extra cost in implementing this project because the existing government infrastructures will be utilized and remuneration and production will be leveled.
Cont... • The target populations will gain- • 6 months work experience • Increase in technical skills • Practical relevancewhich will be useful both in further studies and works. • Awareness and will be able to challenge social, cultural and gender sensitive issues.
Solution Tree Mandatory Internship Program Mismatch Between Demand and Supply tackled Social Evaluation of Work challenged Practical relevance of education system increased Cultural Perspectives addressed Emphasis on family status challenged Experience increased Gender sensitivity addressed
Planned Results and Outcomes • Our team will spend 90 hours on the solution in a month • We are expecting to reach 1000 young unemployed people per year initially. • We will engage 25 young people for the purpose of this project