, March 4 -- Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon on Wednesday underscored the need to modernise and align technical and vocational education with market demands to transform Bangladesh's vast population into a skilled workforce.

"Technical and job-oriented education must be updated in line with contemporary needs and global labour market trends," he said at a view-exchange meeting with officials at the conference room of the Directorate of Technical Education.

"To strengthen the technical education system, we need to reinforce public-private partnerships, build stronger linkages between industry and academia, and modernise curricula and syllabuses," he said.

The minister said key performance indicators (KPIs) and other performan...