The Real Estate and Housing Association of
Bangladesh (REHAB) has signed an agreement with the Skills for Industry and
Competitiveness and Innovation Programme under the Ministry of Finance to
groom some 10,000 higher skilled workers afresh in the real estate sector.
REHAB President Md Wahiduzzaman and Executive Project Director (additional
secretary) of Skills for Industry and Competitiveness and Innovation
Programme Mohammad Walid Hossain signed the agreement on behalf of their
respective sides at the Probashi Kallyan Bhaban in the capital today.
REHAB senior vice-president Liakat Ali Bhuiyan, vice-president Engineer Abdul
Latif, vice-president (finance) Abdur Razzak and SIP-REHAB Project Chief
Coordinator Kazi Abul Kashem were present, among others, on the occasion,
said a press release.
Speaking on the occasion, Mohammad Walid Hossain said REHAB had earlier
imparted training to some 21,000 trainees with efficiency while the standard
of their training was satisfactory. “The participation of f
emale trainees was
very much encouraging. Hopefully, REHAB will play a significant role in
imparting higher training in the real estate sector in future,” he added.
Md Wahiduzzaman said the association has so far imparted standard higher
training to some 21,000 workers in the real estate sector while around 90
percent of them are being employed in various real estate and developer
companies of the country and abroad and thus playing an important role to the
country’s economy.
According to the release, the training will be imparted to the trainees free
of cost while each trainee will be given stipend. The higher training will be
given mainly in four areas namely electrical installation and maintenance,
plumbing and pipe fittings, machinery and steel binding, tiles and marble
works.
The period of the training will be four months while the trainees would have
scope for getting jobs abroad.
Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha