Gender-Responsive and Inclusive Vocational Education and Training in Bangladesh

This project with Underprivileged Children's Educational Programs (UCEP) Bangladesh aims to provide 27 000 underprivileged children and youth especially girls and women including those with disabilities with gender-responsive and inclusive vocational education and training to gain employable skills leading to decent work. Project activities include: (1) providing gender-responsive vocational education to grades 6 to 10 underprivileged children as foundation for skills development; (2) providing training on gender-responsive green and market-driven skills to underprivileged youth and young adults; and (3) providing training on gender-responsive pedagogy greening skills competency-based curriculum learning material development and project management to teachers.

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) strengthened gender-responsive vocational education and market-driven skills training for underprivileged children and youth especially women and girls; (2) improved gender-responsiveness of UCEP schools and institutes and selected employers to create and ensure safe and inclusive education and work environments for women and girls; and (3) enhanced organizational capacity at UCEP to provide gender-responsive quality Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) services.