More and more new projects are going to be launched including providing relevant and modern training for self-employment of the youth of the country. Director General of the Department of Youth Development Md Azharul Islam Khan announced that biogas projects and driving training are being launched across the country.
He was speaking as the chief guest at the inaugural function of a day-long Mymensingh Divisional Workshop on Implementation and Evaluation of Training Program at Bahasa Shaheed Abdul Jabbar Auditorium of Mymensingh District Council on Wednesday morning.
Referring to the training of more than three lakh youths every year with limited resources, Director General of the Department of Youth Development Md Azharul Islam Khan added that two projects worth around Tk 900 crore from the World Bank and USAID are already in the final stages. Its work will start soon. Apart from that, a memorandum of understanding has been signed between NRBC Bank and the Department of Youth Development to provide a maximum loan of Tk 10 lakh to the youths by mortgaging the certificates of the trainees. The Department of Youth Development will assist the bank in recovering the loan. He said that 95 percent of the loans given by the Youth Development Department are recovered.
An online market place will be created with the cooperation of each Deputy Commissioner for marketing the products produced by the youth through online market. Announcing that he will supervise and monitor the youth development, the director general of the youth development department said that many more new programs are coming. He directed the officers to make necessary preparations at the field level youth development officers for the successful implementation of all the programs and projects in their respective office areas.
Through this, the youth development trainers will get a reputation as the best standard trainers in the country.
Md Rokon Uddin Bhuiyan, Deputy Director, Department of Youth Development, Mymensingh presided over the function. AKM Galib Khan, Deputy Director, Local Government Department, Mymensingh, Deputy Director (Training), Deputy Director (Training), Sheikh Md. Nasir Uddin and Md. Atiquzzaman Khan and others.
The workshop was attended by Deputy Directors, Assistant Directors, Co-ordinators, Deputy Co-ordinators and Upazila Youth Development Officers of 60 Upazilas of 6 districts of Mymensingh region.
