Quality data is crucial for the effective management and planning of skills development. If the demand for skills is not understood then government, employers, workers and other stakeholders cannot make informed decisions about what skills are required, what programs should be delivered and where and when the training is immediate requirement. Data is required to ensure training institutions are accountable for the funds they receive and key labour market and program measures are required to ensure that TVET supply better matches the demand from industry.
The planning of pre-employment education and training should align with future employment opportunities and deliver competencies that meet the expectations of prospective employers both home and abroad. Accurate skills and labour market data is also important for assessing new opportunities for workers whose skills sets may be affected by change.
Quantitative and qualitative forecasting need to be linked to broad national development strategies, with systems in place to track sectors and regions with high growth potential, so that new employment prospects and their skills requirements can be identified and the skills profiles of those losing jobs can be understood.
To improve the capacity of the skills development system to meet the demands of the labour market, the national skills data system need to be established and strengthened so it can provide timely and accurate information to industry, planners and managers in both the public and private sector. According to the policy the new system need to:
- Address domestic data needs related to the supply of skills, the demand for skills, and the matching of supply and demand;
- Address international data needs related to the demand for skills in key international labour markets for Bangladeshi workers;
- Allow for the identification of both current skills shortages and potential future demands for skills, both at the regional and national level;
- Increase the use of tracer studies to track the employability of graduates;
- Identify and allocate responsibilities to institutions, bodies and agencies covering the collection, processing, management and reporting of skills data;
- Provide for timely and broad dissemination of data so as to inform skills policy, program development and the choices of individuals; and
- Take account of the impact of data collection on
The new skills data system should receive information inputs from the industry sectors, national statistical office, ministries and agencies providing skills training, public and private providers, regions, etc. The data system should be professionally organized and able to benefit policy-makers and other stakeholders by providing clear and timely data and information
BMET need to be responsible for coordination of international demand data, including from Bangladesh missions abroad. The BMET data cell need to be expanded and provided with technical assistance to increase their capacity to manage expatriate worker skill demands and need to act as the focal point for the NSDC in this regard.
The registration and certification for the NTVQF levels under BTEB are maintained through a web portal. The graduate’s database certified either in RPL assessment or through the RTO based training are preserving in this database since off by an web portal.
