বাংলা
যুব ও ক্রীড়া মন্ত্রণালয়
EARN Breadcrumb
Objectives of the EARN Project
This initiative aims to enhance the skills of rural NEET youth and ensure their economic inclusion. Through this effort, 900,000 skilled workers will be developed by 2030, accelerating the country's sustainable economic transformation.
Skills Enhancement & Self-Employment Initiative
Approximately 27 percent of the country's total youth population are NEET, of whom nearly 90 percent are women. This amounts to approximately 18.2 million individuals — including around 2.9 million men and 15.3 million women (Source: BBS Population Census 2022). The EARN Project has undertaken a major initiative to enhance the skills and promote self-employment among a significant portion of this large population.
Genuine NEET youth — both young men and women — from rural areas will be identified and selected to receive skills development training, thereby creating sustainable employment opportunities.
9 Lakh
Youth and Young Women
60%
Young women
64
District
250
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How the Objectives Will Be Achieved
The objectives are implemented in four phases — NEET identification & gender-friendly environment; second-chance education & re-integration; skills development, employment & capital support; and barrier reduction & institutional capacity building.
NEET Identification & Ensuring a Gender-Friendly Environment
- Accurately identifying eligible NEET populations in selected upazilas.
- Providing skills development and employment support for women.
- Ensuring a women-friendly and safe environment at training centers.
- Providing modern childcare facilities to enable uninterrupted training participation.
Second-Chance Education & Re-integration
- Creating educational opportunities for rural NEET populations.
- Providing second-chance education for dropouts — particularly women.
- Facilitating the re-integration of rural youth into the formal education system.
- Offering special stipends and support to promote access to education.
Skills Development, Employment & Capital Support
- Ensuring skills development through EDT and SEB training programs.
- Connecting trained youth with appropriate labor market opportunities.
- Enhancing youth self-reliance through the creation of new employment opportunities.
- Providing necessary capital support for promising new entrepreneurs.
Barrier Reduction & Institutional Capacity Building
- Ensuring the advancement of young women by reducing social barriers.
- Ensuring effective inclusion of NEET populations in socio-economic activities.
- Creating a supportive social environment conducive to women's participation in the workforce.
- Strengthening the institutional capacity of relevant government and non-government organizations.