Developing a Pedagogical Model for Bridging the Skills Gap Between TVET Institutions and Industries In Bangladesh

Abstract

The employability of TVET (polytechnic) graduates is a big challenge because of the skills (soft skills and hard skills) gap. In order for TVET graduates to be successful in today's digital world, they must receive adequate soft skills and hard skills from TVET institutions. In this regard, industry experts are the primary agents and bridging the industry institutions collaborate through which TVET graduates' skills can be instilled with the willingness to embrace, adapt, and utilize such technologies in the pursuit of their professional goals and the unemployment problem. Industry-institute bridging focused on the ultimate development of TVET graduates in their careers. Whereas TVET institutions facilitated the institution's environment to develop the soft skills and hard skills for TVET students and industry will be achieved skillful TVET graduates so that their products will be increased and they used the institutions for their research center for new product development. TVET institutions must collaborate with the industry towards bridging the skill gap. This paper examines the areas of the skills gap and bridging the skills gap between industries and TVET institutions for enhanced employability. In this regards it is considering 210 nos of industries and institute experts from Bangladeshi TVET polytechnic institutes and industries. The researcher examined the three objectives for developing the skills of TVET graduates, First objective found the areas of soft skills and hard skills gap of TVET graduates, the Second objective was found a model of curriculum development to cope up the skills requirements of industries in Bangladesh and third objective found a teaching-learning strategic framework for minimizing the skills gap with TVET institute and Industries in Bangladesh. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that industries, government and institutions should establish a partnership which execute from institutions known as a bridging hub that will help to enhance the skills and chances of employment of TVET graduates in Bangladesh.