DHAKA, Bangladesh, June 23 (NNN-BSS) – The interview of China Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) scholarship programme, was held in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, offering scholarships for Bangladeshi students to study in China.
The interview was organised by the Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) and Technical and Madrasah (Islamic) Education Division (TMED), under the Bangladeshi Ministry of Education, and was attended by both Bangladeshi and Chinese government officials and delegates from top Chinese TVET institutes.
Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh, Zhang Zuo, said that, China is keen on cooperation with Bangladesh in TVET.
Delegates from Chinese higher vocational institutions briefed the participants about vocational educations in China.
Later in the day, the Chinese delegates conducted an interview of candidates for the scholarship, and hundreds of Bangladeshi students from various educational institutes applied for the programme.
More and more Bangladeshi students have been showing an interest in studying in China recently, to gain more practical knowledge and skills for better employment.
“China has been a most reliable friend of Bangladesh since our liberation,” said Secretary of TMED, Munshi Shahabuddin Ahmed.
“Technical and vocational education system of our country is also indebted to China for their support programmes.”
In 2017 and 2018, he said, over 20 TVET institutions from eight Chinese provinces came to Bangladesh for recruitment programmes and provided 1,149 scholarships to young students in over 500 different majors.– NNN-BSS
