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60% of Technical School Seats in Bangladesh Go Vacant

10/5/2025

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Story summary
  • About 60% of seats at Bangladesh's state-owned technical schools and colleges stay vacant annually, signaling a need to improve technical and vocational education (TVET).
  • Bangladesh has 50 polytechnics and 155 government technical schools, totaling 12,704 TVET institutes, mostly private.
  • The Population and Housing Census 2022 shows 0.81% pursue technical education, while interest in religious education rises.