Graduates from the Bangladeshi Madrasah education system fail to get into decent jobs. Commonly, these students get into professions that provide low income. The income of Madrasah educated family heads are similar to that of the national level. This other way indicates their low income compared to other educated family heads.
Three issues need to put emphasis in order to ensure effective public service delivery for the youth living in slums. These are – access to public services availability of information on those services and effective coordination between Gos and NGOs for facilitating those services to the urban slum youth.
It is the high time for the government, to pass an ‘Anti-Discrimination Act’ to ensure the right-based development of the plain-land indigenous, dalit and other marginalised communities. It is often found that these communities are not properly incorporated in various national censuses.
দেশের সমতলের আদিবাসী ও দলিত জনগোষ্ঠীর প্রতি বৈষম্য নিরসন এবং তাদের অধিকারভিত্তিক উন্নয়ন নিশ্চিতকরণে সরকারকে “বৈষম্য বিরোধী আইন” প্রণয়ন করতে হবে। দেশের সমতলের আদিবাসী ও দলিত জনগোষ্ঠীর প্রকৃত সংখ্যা নিরুপণ ও বিষয়ভিত্তিক তথ্য সংগ্রহের মাধ্যমে বিভিন্ন জাতীয় নীতিমালায় তাদের উন্নয়ন চাহিদাসমূহ অন্তর্ভূক্ত করা প্রয়োজন। এছাড়া দেশের স্থানীয় ও জাতীয় পর্যায়ে শিক্ষা, কর্মসংস্থান ও ক্রীড়া ক্ষেত্রে সমতলের আদিবাসী ও দলিত জনগোষ্ঠীর যুবসম্প্রদায়ের সুযোগ সৃষ্টির মাধ্যমে সমতলের আদিবাসী ও দলিত জনগোষ্ঠীর জীবনমান উন্নয়নে সরকারের বিশেষ কার্যক্রম গ্রহন করা প্রয়োজন।
Youth of the marginalised groups, such as plain-land Adivasi and Dalit community, are deprived of getting access to public services required for education and skill development. It will require special attention from policymakers and public service providers to enhance their facilities and to improve their condition with a view to prepare them for employment.
Bangladesh is aspired to be a higher middle-income country and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. Labour-productivity of Bangladesh would be far-behind than the higher middle-income countries in 2030, even lower than that of the lower-middle income countries as well as those of India and Vietnam.
Non-state actors including NGOs, think tanks, media and private sectors, in developing countries, like Bangladesh, are playing a critical role in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). They are contributing in this SDG journey through prioritising development agenda, implementing the targets, monitoring the delivery and ensuring accountability in the overall process. Their contribution in the development discourse needs to be appreciated properly so that the governments and international development partners can forge a comprehensive strategy for SDG delivery.
A day-long conclave titled, Citizens Conclave: Four Years of SDGs in Bangladesh was organised by the Citizen’s Platform on Saturday 27 April 2019 at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC), Dhaka. Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) as the Secretariat of the Platform executed the event along with over 100 other partner organisations of the Platform.
The local government needs to play an effective role in ensuring that the benefit of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) reaches all. Thus, enhanced participation in the SDGs implementation process and empowerment of the local government is vital. A “Local Government Commission” can be formed to ensure proper harmonisation among the ministries and the administration and also to strengthen the voice of the local government.
Private sector’s activities targeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) needs to be well structured and enhanced. Moreover, their work is not very well documented. They should have a targeted plan of action for achieving different targets of SDGs.
