Skills for Employment Investment Program (SEIP)

Skills for Employment Investment Program (SEIP)

PKSF, over the years, has gained in-depth understanding and valuable experiences on the multi-dimensional aspects of poverty and acknowledge the fact that Bangladesh is well-placed to benefit from the demographic dividend up to 2050, and believe that combined with effective policies and markets could trigger faster rates of economic growth and human development. Thereby, accept as true that human resource plays a vital role in the knowledge economy and working population and it is becoming an increasingly important factor for the performance of individuals, organizations and whole economies. However, the upgrading of skill-based labor market due to technological and organizational change is one of the major threats for the low skilled workers in Bangladesh, as they are being unable to adjust their skills according to the market demand. In this context, PKSF has agreed to implement the ‘Skills for Employment Investment Program (SEIP)’ project and signed the MoU with SDCMU on 7^th May 2015 for Tranche-1 and 26^th May, 2018 for Tranche-2 to ensure training and employment for the poor and marginalized people of the country so that they can develop their living standard sustainably. PKSF has been ensuring demand driven skill-development training among the poor people under the SEIP project with a view to create productive self and wage employment.

The Finance Division of Ministry of Finance, the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) is working as the executive agency to implement this project and has established ‘Skill Development Coordination and Monitoring Unit’ (SDCMU) to execute it. In cooperation with SDCMU, different organizations including PKSF are implementing the aforementioned project. The Asian Development Bank, the Government of Bangladesh and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) are jointly financing the project.

Goal of the Project

The goal of the project is to develop skilled workforce through skills development training and therefore placing them in productive self and wage employment which will improve their sustainable livelihoods.

Objectives of the Project

The main objectives of the SEIP project are as follow:

To impart skills training linked to gainful wage or self-employment through PKSF partners and selected training institutes;
To increase access for targeted poor (both male and female) people to market responsive skills development training programs; and
To ensure job placement of the trainees after training.

Expected Results

It is expected that 20% income of the trainees’ households (HHs) will be increased after receiving training under this project.

Outcomes

Increased number of skilled workers in priority sectors around the country.

Outputs

Around 23,800 skilled and semi-skilled workers are developed under Tranche-1 & Tranche-2 by December 2021.
At least 60% of the total trainees will be employed after training and retained in respective jobs for three months.
The ratio of wage and self-employment of the employed trainees will be approximately 60:40 of 60% total trainees.

3 Major Dimensions/Tasks of the Project

SEIP entails three major tasks viz.: selection of appropriate trainees, selection of renowned and efficient training institutes for providing quality training and job placement of the passed-out trainees, which are equally important as well as very challenging for the successful implementation and goal achievement of the project.

Selection of Appropriate Trainees: PKSF selects trainees through its Partner Organizations (POs) from their organized group members under their inclusive financing and development programs. Trainee selection is finalized after conducting screening tests and viva voice through the POs and respective training institutes. A potential trainee must be at least 15 years of age and live in the working areas of POs or in the Training Institute’s catchment area where the project will bear all expenditures of trainees except only 10% of the accommodation and food cost to ensure effective participation. Initiatives have been taken to encourage participation of persons with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities and female trainees.

Selection of Qualified Training Institutes for Providing Quality Training: PKSF selected renowned training institutes functioning in Bangladesh to impart market-responsive inclusive quality training. PKSF is ensuring delivery of standard courses for each training/trade course through selected training institutes. The course structure is comprised of required compulsory and elective components, theoretical and practical requirements. The ratio of practical and theoretical contents of the course curricula is 80:20.

Job Placement of PKSF-SEIP Graduates: Respective training institutes ensure job placement of the graduates within three months of training completion. The job placement unit of the training institutes ensures the following: i) preparing database of relevant industries; ii) developing linkage with employers; iii) disseminating training outcomes to employers; iv) organizing job fairs and dialogues with existing/potential employers; v) identifying job vacancies in industry and preparing trainees for interviews; v) preparing documents that show wage/remuneration before and after training to indicate value addition of training; and vii) assisting the implementation of Trainee Tracking System.

Training Trades under PKS-SEIP Project

The trades/courses that have been selected from 9 high growth priority sectors of Bangladesh in are as follows:

Sl. No.	Name of Trade/Courses	Course Duration	Qualification	Age (Minimum)
1	IT Freelancing (Data Entry, SEO, Affiliate Market)	3 Months	HSC	18 Years
2	Graphic Design	3 Months	HSC	18 Years
3	IT Support Services	3 Months	HSC	18 Years
4	Sewing Machine Operation	3 Months	Class V	15 Years
5	Electrical Installation & Maintenance	3 Months	Class VIII	15 Years
6	Setting and Assembling of Leather Goods	3 Months	Class V	15 Years
7	Refrigeration & Air Conditioning	3 Months	Class VIII	15 Years
8	Mobile Phone Servicing	3 Months	Class VIII	15 Years
9	Plumbing	3 Months	Class VIII	15 Years
10	Welding	4 Months	Class VIII	15 Years
11	Auto Mechanics	4 Months	Class VIII	15 Years
12	Lathe Machine Operation	3 Months	Class VIII	15 Years
13	Housekeeping	3 Months	Class VIII	15 Years
14	Food & Beverage Service	4 Months	SSC	15 Years
15	Food & Beverage Production	4 Months	SSC	15 Years

Training Targets and Budget

In the 1^st and the 2^nd Tranches, PKSF will produce 24,350 skilled workers. The projected training targets and budgets for the project are given in the following table:

Tranche	Training Target (Persons)	Budget (BDT in crore)
Tranche-1 & Addl. Tranche-1	11800	58.59
Tranche-2	12000	62.89
Total	23800	121.72

Enlisted Training Institutes under PKSF-SEIP Project

Considering the overall institutional capacity like governance and management; personnel; physical structure and learning resources; support services; development, delivery and review of curriculum; assessment and certification process, 32 reputed training institutes have been selected to provide quality training to the selected trainees in different regions of the country.

Training Institutes

(In alphabetical order)

SL. No	Name of Enlisted Training Institute	Contact person	Venue	Name of Trade/Course
1	ADAMS (Association for Development Activity of Manifold Social-work)	Asiq Mahmud Deputy Executive Director Mobile: 01712311606 adams.bangladesh@gmail.com aiti.bdkhulna@gmail.com	Khulna	Electrical Installation & Maintenance
2	AKS Khan Centre for Excellence Ltd. (ACE)	Mr. Islam Md. Hashanat Head of Business Development Mobile: 01842333666 islam.hashanat@ace.edu.bd	Dhaka	Food & Beverage Production
				Food & Beverage Service
				Housekeeping
3	Bangladesh Technical Training & Development Center (BTTDC)	Md. Nazrul Islam Bhuiyan, Executive Director Mobile: 01711342594 bttdc.pksf@gmail.com	Sylhet	Plumbing
3	Bangladesh Technical Training & Development Center (BTTDC)		Sylhet	Refrigeration & Air Conditioning
4	Bangla-German Samprity (BGS)	Mr. Jagadish Chandra Roy Mobile: 01741357935 bgs_vtc@yahoo.com	Tangail	Auto Mechanics
			Tangail	Welding
			Tangail, Rangpur	Electrical Installation & Maintenance
			Rangpur, Cox’s Bazar	Mobile Phone Servicing
			Rangpur	Plumbing
			Tangail, Cox’s Bazar	Sewing Machine Operations
	Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers And Exporters Association (BGMEA)	Md. Rashedul Islam Mobile: 01712191622 rashedul@bgmea.com.bd	Gazipur	Sewing Machine Operations
6	BRAC Institute of Skills Development (BISD)	Md. Shamiul Islam Center Incharge Mobile: 01676164134 shamiul.i@brac.net	Cox’s Bazar	Food & Beverage Service
6	BRAC Institute of Skills Development (BISD)		Cox’s Bazar	Housekeeping
7	CodersTrust Bangladesh Ltd. (CTBD)	Md. Ataul Goni Osmani Country Director Mobile: 01717510323 osmani@coderstrust.com	Dhaka	Graphic Design
7	CodersTrust Bangladesh Ltd. (CTBD)		Dhaka	IT Freelancing (Data Entry, SEO, Affiliate Market)
8	Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM)	Md. Shahidul Islam Mobile: 01712835534 shahid.dam@gmail.com	Jashore	Electrical Installation & Maintenance
8	Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM)	Md. Shahidul Islam Mobile: 01712835534 shahid.dam@gmail.com	Jashore	Sewing Machine Operations
9	Eco Social Development Organization (ESDO)	Mr. Shahriar Mahmud Mobile: 01912307022 web.esdo@gmail.com rudra.mahmud07@gmail.com	Lalmonirhat	Auto Mechanics
			Thakurgaon, Lalmonirhat	Electrical Installation & Maintenance
			Thakurgaon	Graphic Design
				IT Support Service
				Welding
10	Food Cadets, Lipi’s Euphoria	Asma Begum Mobile: 01738072454 lipieuphoria@gmail.com	Dhaka	Food & Beverage Production
10	Food Cadets, Lipi’s Euphoria	Asma Begum Mobile: 01738072454 lipieuphoria@gmail.com	Dhaka	Housekeeping
11	Gana Unnayan Kendra (GUK)	Mr. A.K.M. Roknuddaula Mobile: 01774808080 seip-pksf@gukbd.net info@gukbd.net	Gaibandha	Electrical Installation & Maintenance
				Graphic Design
				Mobile Phone Servicing
				Sewing Machine Operations
12	Greenland Training Center Ltd. (GTCL)	Mohd. Atiqur Rahman Mobile: 01709990752 atiqgland@gmail.com	Dhaka	Plumbing
12	Greenland Training Center Ltd. (GTCL)	Mohd. Atiqur Rahman Mobile: 01709990752 atiqgland@gmail.com	Dhaka	Welding
13	Hypertag Solutions Ltd.	Somaia Jannat Mobile: 01784967534 jannatsomaia@gmail.com	Cumilla	Graphic Design
13	Hypertag Solutions Ltd.	Somaia Jannat Mobile: 01784967534 jannatsomaia@gmail.com	Cumilla	IT Freelancing (Data Entry, SEO, Affiliate Market)
14	Jagorani Chakra Foundation (JCF)	Md. Moniruzzaman Sapon Mobile: 01716102858 moniruzzaman.sapon@gmail.com jcfjti.jsr@gmail.com	Jashore	Graphic Design
				IT Freelancing (Data Entry, SEO, Affiliate Market)
				Auto Mechanics
			Kushtia	Sewing Machine Operations
			Kushtia	Electrical Installation & Maintenance
15	Mirpur Agricultural Workshop & Training School (MAWTS)	Mr. Md. Omar Faruq Khan Mobile: 01716724949 mawts@caritasmc.org omarfaruq85@yahoo.com	Dhaka	Refrigeration & Air Conditioning
15	Mirpur Agricultural Workshop & Training School (MAWTS)		Dhaka	Welding
16	Montage Training and Certification (Bangladesh) MTCB	Alauddin Al Mamun Vice-Prinicipal Mobile: 01914861046 montagebd@yahoo.com vp1.montage@gmail.com	Gazipur	Lathe Machine Operation
16	Montage Training and Certification (Bangladesh) MTCB		Gazipur	Refrigeration & Air Conditioning
17	National Institute of Engineering & Technology (NIET) Ltd.	Mahmud Hasan Prodhan Mobile: 01738561189 aziz.group.bd@gmail.com niet.pksf@gmail.com	Narayangonj	Refrigeration & Air Conditioning
17	National Institute of Engineering & Technology (NIET) Ltd.		Narayangonj	Welding
18	Naria Unnayan Samity (NUSA)	Mr. Md. Kabir Hossain Mobile: 01718239745 nusa_bd@yahoo.com	Shariatpur	Auto Mechanics
				Electrical Installation & Maintenance
				IT Support Service
				Mobile Phone Servicing
19	Palli Mongal Karmosuchi (PMK)	Md. Anwar Hossain MIA Deputy Program Manager Mobile: 01877702567 01674983503 ptti@pmk-bd.org anwarh_27@yahoo.com	Dhaka	Sewing Machine Operations
20	Rural Reconstruction Foundation (RRF)	Abul Kalam Azad Mobile: 01709966634 azadrrf@gmail.com	Jashore	Auto Mechanics
				Electrical Installation & Maintenance
				Food & Beverage Production
				Housekeeping
				IT Freelancing (Data Entry, SEO, Affiliate Market)
				IT Support Service
				Mobile Phone Servicing
				Welding
			Jhenidah	Electrical Installation & Maintenance
			Jhenidah	Mobile Phone Servicing
21	SAIC Institute of Management & Technology	Md. Amranul Hoque Training Coordinator, Dhaka Mobile: 01936005812 simt.dhaka@gmail.com sptcdhaka@gmail.com jimtjamalpur@gmail.com	Dhaka	Housekeeping
			Dhaka	Plumbing
			Jamalpur	Sewing Machine Operations
22	Shapla Gram Unnayan Sangstha	Mr. Ranajit Kumar Kundu Mobile: 01712226706 shaplango_99@yahoo.com ranajitkundu09@gmail.com	Rajshahi	Refrigeration & Air Conditioning
23	Shariatpur Development Society (SDS)	Md. Moslehuddin Mobile: 01718683220 sds.shariatpur@gmail.com rabeyabegum224@gmail.com badolsds@gmail.com sttisds@gmail.com	Shariatpur	Electrical Installation & Maintenance
				Graphic Design
				IT Freelancing (Data Entry, SEO, Affiliate Market)
				IT Support Service
				Mobile Phone Servicing
				Plumbing
				Sewing Machine Operations
24	Skills & Productivity Ltd. (SPL)	Md. Aminul Hasan Managing Director Mobile: 01817140501 spl.aminul@gmail.com	Naogaon	Setting & Assembling of Leather Goods
24	Skills & Productivity Ltd. (SPL)		Sirajgonj	Sewing Machine Operations
25	SOS Children’s Village International in Bangladesh	Munsur Harun Khandaker, Prinicpal Mobile: 01712002304 munsur.hasan@sos-bangladesh.org	Dhaka	Electrical Installation & Maintenance
26	TMSS	Mr. Taraqul Islam Mobile: 01723333635 tdtmss@gmail.com	Gazipur, Bogura	Electrical Installation & Maintenance
			Bogura	IT Freelancing (Data Entry, SEO, Affiliate Market)
			Rangpur, Natore	Lathe Machine Operation
			Bogura, Natore	Plumbing
			Bogura, Gazipur	Sewing Machine Operations
27	Trust Technical Training Institute (TTTI)	Md. Nur Alam Mobile: 01915937760 viceprincipal.ttti@gmail.com nuralom.ttti@gmail.com	Dhaka	Plumbing
27	Trust Technical Training Institute (TTTI)		Dhaka	Refrigeration & Air Conditioning
28	UCEP Bangladesh	Sk. Rawshan Amin Deputy Manager Mobile: 01765718183 rawshon.amin@ucepbd.org	Rajshahi, Barishal	Auto Mechanics
			Dhaka	Food & Beverage Service
			Dhaka, Khulna	Lathe Machine Operation
			Dhaka, Barishal, Rajshahi	Plumbing
			Barishal, Gazipur	Welding
29	UDOY	Mr. Dey Sudhir Chandra Executive Director Mobile: 01711731304 day.sudhir@gmail.com	Tangail, Habiganj	Electrical Installation & Maintenance
			Tangail	IT Support Service
			Tangail, Habiganj	Mobile Phone Servicing
			Tangail, Habiganj	Plumbing
			Tangail, Habiganj	Sewing Machine Operations
30	UTTARAN	Mr. Md. Abdul Kium Azad Program Manager Mobile: 01711039041 kium.azad@gmail.com	Satkhira	Auto Mechanics
				Sewing Machine Operations
				Welding
31	UY Systems Ltd.	Md. Zobayer Al-Hasan Project Manager Mobile: 01739982794 uysys.pksf@gmail.com uylab.zobayer@gmail.com	Dhaka	Graphic Design
31	UY Systems Ltd.		Dhaka	IT Freelancing (Data Entry, SEO, Affiliate Market)
32	WAVE Foundation	Mr. Md. Abdus Salam Mobile: 01713337567 salam@wavefoundation.org	Chuadanga	Electrical Installation & Maintenance
			Chuadanga	Graphic Design
			Chuadanga, Rajshahi	Mobile Phone Servicing
			Chuadanga, Rajshahi	Sewing Machine Operations

Project Management Unit (PMU)

A project Management Unit has been established at PKSF for proper implementation of the project. The following persons are fully dedicated to ensure quality training & job placement under this project.

SL. No	Name of Officer	Designation	Mobile No	E-mail Address
1	Mr. Md. Abul Kashem	General Manager & Project Coordinator	01844481317	blkashem@yahoo.com
2	Mr. Jitendra Kumar Roy	Deputy General Manager & Deputy Project Coordinator (J&P)	01844481332	jituroy38@yahoo.com
3	Ms. Kazi Farzana Sharmin	Deputy Project Coordinator (F&A)	01713330952	farzanasharminkazi@gmail.com
4	Mr. Golam Gilane	Deputy Manager & Program Officer	01875400798	ggilane@gmail.com
5	Mr. Sk. Kamran Hasan	Program Officer	01726044562	mommyn2003@gmail.com
6	Mr. Quazi Moshrur-Ul-Alam	Program Officer	01916136646	pksf.moshrur@gmail.com
7	Mr. S.M. Khaled Mahfuz	Program Officer	01720663344	mahfuz.pksf@gmail.com
8	Ms. Anjuman Ara Begum	Program Officer	01712031513	anjuma09@gmail.com
9	Ms. Iffat Ara	Program Officer	01716282303	pksf.iffat@gmail.com
10	Mr. Billal Hosen	Program Officer	01913103931	pksf.billal@gmail.com
11	Mr. Prosen Kumar Mandal	Accounts Officer	01912642368	prosenkumar303@gmail.com
12	Ms. Taslima Akter	MIS Officer	01919866232	pksf.taslima@gmail.com
13	Mr. Mohammad Anisur Rahman	Assistant Accounts Officer	01716402141	anis.pksf@gmail.com
14	Mr. Md. Imran Hossain	Assistant Accounts Officer	01768946677	imranpksf@gmail.com
15	Mr. Md. Noor Alom	Junior Officer	01912992673	nalom26@gmail.com

Progress of the project (up to August 2020)

In Tranche-1, Additional Tranche-1 and Tranche-2, the PKSF-SEIP project aims to provide training to 23,800 youths of low-income families from around the country through selected Training Institutions (TIs). Thus, during May 2015 and March 2020, as many as 19,768 participants (Male:Female = 84:16) enrolled in skill development trainings based on selected trades. As in March 2020, at least 17,507 trainees completed their training successfully and 12,966 of them were placed into employment from May 2015 to August 2020. The following table shows project summary in a nutshell*:

Sl. No.	Indicators		Tranche-01	Additional Tranche-01	Tranche-02	Grand Total
1	Project Period		May’15-June’18	May’19-Dec’19	July’18-Dec’21	-
2	Approved Budget in BDT (Million)		487.1	99.4	628.3	1214.8
3	No. of Trades		13	10	15	-
4	No. of Training Institutes		21	14	32	-
5	Enrollment Target		10,000	1,800	12,000	23,800
6	No. of Targeted Batches		400	94	480	974
7	Job Placement Target		60% of Graduates
8	Enrollment Status	Enrollment Target (Up to Dec’20)	10,000	1,800	12,000	23,800
		No. of Total Enrolled Participants	10,011	1,800	7,957	19,768
		% of Achievement Against Target	100%	100%	66%	83%
		No. of Enrolled Batches	400	72	318	790
		No. of Enrolled Male Trainees	8,403	1,555	6,688	16,646
		No. of Enrolled Female Trainees	1,608	245	1,269	3,122
		% of Enrolled Female Trainees	16%	14%	16%	16%
9	Certification Status	No. of Completed Batches	400	72	237	709
		No. of Total Certified Trainees	9,882	1,791	5,834	17,507
		No. of Certified Male Trainees	8,297	1,546	4,900	14,743
		No. of Certified Female Trainees	1,585	245	934	2,764
		% of Certified Female Trainees	16%	14%	16%	16%
10	Dropout Status	No. of Total Dropped out Trainees	129	9	96	234
		% of Dropout	1.3%	0.5%	1.6%	1.3%
		Dropped out Male Trainees	107	9	92	208
		Dropped out Female Trainees	22	0	4	26
11	Ongoing Training Status	No. of Ongoing Batches	-	-	81	81
		No. of Total Current Trainees	-	-	2,027	2,027
		No. of Current Male Trainees	-	-	1,696	1,695
		No. of Current Female Trainees	-	-	331	332
		% of Current Female Trainees	-	-	16%	16%
12	Job Placement Status	No. of Total Employment	7,915	1,259	3,792	12,966
		No. of Self Employment	2,654	448	1,130	4,232
		% of Self Employment	34%	36%	30%	33%
		No. of Wage Employment(Including Overseas Employment)	5,261	811	2,662	8,734
		No. of Overseas Employment	234	0	34	268
		No. of Male in Employment	6,679	1,059	3,194	10,932
		No. of Female in Employment	1,236	200	598	2,034
		No. of Graduates Under Process of Employment	1,967	532	2,042	4,541
		No. of Graduates (Considering 3Months After Certification)	9,882	1,791	5,834	17,507
		No. of Graduates Employed (Considering 3Months After Certification)	7,915	1,259	3,792	12,966
		% of Job placement	80%	70%	65%	74%

COVID Response Initiatives

*Like all other official activities, the COVID-19 pandemic has considerably affected the regular day-to-day project activities of SEIP. Activities of ongoing 81 training batches remained suspended after the GoB announced general holidays from March 2020. To cope with the changing situations, the SEIP-Project Management Unit (PMU) has taken a number of steps in its modus operandi. So far, the PMU with the help of SDCMU has provided grants amounting to BDT 5000 to each family of the enrolled trainees of the ongoing batches. A total of BDT 97,75,000 has been disbursed to the personal accounts of 1955 trainees. The project authorities are also considering to pay salary and other benefits to the trainers and the job placement officers of the Partner Training Organizations (PTIs). However, due to ongoing COVID-19 issue, all types of job placement activities have remained suspended since March 2020. The certification and job placement processes are expected to reach the expected level once the training activities resume consequent to government instructions to this end.

Photo Gallery

MoU Signing between PKSF and SDCMU
MoU signing between SDCMU & PKSF on 7 May 2015 for Tranche-1	MoU signing between SDCMU & PKSF on 26 May 2018 for Tranche-2
Visit by SDCMU Officials

Visit by PKSF Officials
Knowledge Sharing Meeting
Course Inauguration Ceremony	Course Completion Ceremony
Community Mobilization Campaign


Training Delivery Session

Employers Gatherring for Effectiver Job Placement

Job Placement


Pictorial View of Capacity Building Workshop
Workshop on Self-Appraisal of the Training Institutes (December 12, 2019)


Workshop on Quality Training (October 30, 2019)

Workshop on Quality Job Placement (September 19, 2019)