Investor Presentaiton

1. Background of the Study • In Bangladesh, youth labour force constitutes (age 15-24 years) 11.0 million of which 7.4 million are male and 3.7 million are female. • • • These constitutes 17.3% of total labour force and 17.0% of male labour force and 18.5% of female labour force. • An extended definition of youth (age 15-29 years) would cover 20.1 million of which 13.1 million. are male and 7.0 million are female labour force. Bangladesh's 'demographic dividend' would be derived from effective use of its youth labour force. • The potential could not be attained due to different challenges confronted by youth including huge unemployment of the youth According to the LFS (2016), about 12.2 per cent of total youth are unemployed; 16.8% of female youth and 10.1 per cent are male . There is a large section of youth who are not in employment, education and training 7.4 million youth) Sylhet is not different from that of the national scenario The National Youth Policy 2017 has identified education, training, employment and entrepreneurship as most important instruments for youth empowerment. 4

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