Technical EducationTechnical SchoolsTo provide appropriate skills and thereby improve the employment prospects of General School graduates, UCEP-Bangladesh provides Technical Education through its 10 Technical Schools in Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna, Rajshahi, Barishal, Sylhet, Rangpur and Gazipur. Technical Schools are running training programs in 17 trades. Types of trades taught in the Technical Schools correspond to the demand of the employment market in the area where the school is located. General schools graduates seeking admission in the Technical Schools have the option, in principle to their own trades. Technical schools run 2 shifts per day, each of 4.2 hours duration, so that working children can continue in their jobs while they acquire skills in the Technical Schools. Total enrolment in 10 technical schools is 4,869 (boys 2,898 and girls 1,971). Innovativeness of the Technical Schools approach is well demonstrated in the data that attendance and dropout rates are 95%+ and below 3% respectively. The underprivileged children of UCEP secured the three positions of 1st, 2nd, 5th in GPA-5 category along with 100% success rate in the SSC (Vocational) examination of 2011 held under the Bangladesh Technical Education Board (BTEB).
Salient Feature of Technical Education
TradesUCEP continues Technical Education training on 18 trades and the duration of training is from 6 months to 12 months. Trades are-
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