Education Bangladesh turns to China for worker training amid graduate job struggles

Dhaka, Beijing to cooperate on overhauling vocational schools to address skills mismatch

Bangladesh and China have agreed to a memorandum of understanding to help the former modernize eight technical education institutions, establish a joint technical and technological university, and introduce various joint training programs. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Getty Images)

DHAKA -- Bangladesh is stepping up cooperation with China on technical and vocational education to equip workers with job-ready skills as thousands of the South Asian Nation's graduates struggle to find employment in an increasingly competitive labor market.