• Dr. Md. Mashiur Rahman

The sustainable development of a country largely depends on the effective utilization of its productive human resources. Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) plays a pivotal role in human resource development and thereby moves up the economic acceleration, poverty alleviation, youth and women’s empowerment, and social inclusion by creating skilled manpower, enhancing industrial productivity, and improving the quality of life. Bangladesh is currently enjoying a demographic dividend that has produced a huge working-age population which implies that if this manpower could be equipped with employable skills sustainable development of Bangladesh could be ensured very easily and earlier than expected through rapid industrialization, skilled manpower exports, attracting FDI inflows, spurring entrepreneurial initiatives and lessening the dependency of foreign workers in our industrial units that drain down a huge amount of foreign currency. Thus, human resource development has become an emergency issue for Bangladesh to achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs) and other targets like vision 2021 and 2041, thereby ensuring a solid and sustainable national development of Bangladesh. Given this background and in consideration of the increasingly competitive nature of global markets, this paper aims to focus on the role of TVET as an effective tool for human resource development and contribute to driving the sustainable national development of Bangladesh. In preparing the paper, secondary data has been used by reviewing relevant literature. It has been found that TVET plays a significant role in producing skilled human resources that can ultimately drive a nation to sustainable development. The findings of the study will have an immense impact on policymakers and government authorities and agencies as they ponder how to effectively use TVET interventions to equip manpower with the requisite employable skills. In the end, the paper, therefore, proposes some suggestions based on the findings of the study.

TVET, Human Resource Development, Sustainable Development, Bangladesh

"Sustainable Economic Development of Bangladesh through Human Resource Development and the Role of Technical and Vocational Education", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 9, page no.b376-b382, September-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2309143.pdf

"Sustainable Economic Development of Bangladesh through Human Resource Development and the Role of Technical and Vocational Education", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 9, page no. ppb376-b382, September-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2309143.pdf