BGMEA President Faruque Hassan has underscored the need for designing the course curriculum of the universities in Bangladesh in alignment with the present and future needs of the industries.
He said, “There is a huge gap between the skills produced by our educational institutes and the demand by the industries. The industry – academia linkage is important because our growth depends on our ability to move to diversified products which require complex skills.”
"The linkage has to be drawn by changing the conventional way of education where we need to integrate more practical education," he added.
Faruque Hassan made the remarks while addressing the opening of the Textile Talent Hunt (TTH)’s 8th season as chief guest.
Prof. Dr. Shah Alimuzzaman, Vice Chancellor, Bangladesh University of Textiles, Mohammad Ali Khokon, President, Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA), and Engr. Md. Shafiqur Rahman, President, Institution of Textile Engineers and Technologists, was present as special guests at the program held in Dhaka on August 2.
Textile Talent Hunt, an initiative of Textile Today Innovation Hub, is a talent grooming competition for the undergrad students studying in textile, garments, fashion and any discipline. The TTH aims to prepare future leaders in the garment and textile industry by training, grooming and mentoring to adopt latest developments through innovation projects in a modern approach. In his speech, BGMEA President Faruque Hassan said, “The fashion industry is undergoing a paradigm shift mostly driven by technology and digitization.
Innovations and technologies are changing the way we experience fashion, the way the industry operates and also bringing new processes in production to make fashion more sustainable.”
“In order to keep pace with the global trend, we need to adopt a sustainable and innovative business model. For that, we need capable human resources,” he remarked.
As the RMG industry of Bangladesh aims to achieve a 100 billion dollars export target by 2030, we have to nurture young, creative and experienced minds to enable them to take the leadership, he said.
The Textile Talent Hunt program will play an active role to bring fresh ideas, embrace technology, address sustainability concerns, and cater to evolving consumer needs in the global market,” he added.