Environmental Aspect in Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Current Practices in Automotive Service Sector in Bangladesh

Abstract

TVET is a key solution to poverty eradication, job creation, reducing unemployment, economic expansion, and improve social and economic well-being of a nation. For years TVET programmein Bangladesh has been confronting with unresolved problems such as, misconception of the TVE by the public, low quality of curriculum. TVET course curriculum has been expanding and changing for the last decades in Bangladesh. The Vocational Education programme of TVET in Bangladesh is offered through Technical Schools and Colleges and through public and private secondary schools. TVET curriculum standards should be with regard to international level standards. The traditional TVET curriculum has reviewed and the TVET system is undertaking a reform. This study examines environmental aspect in TVET and current practices in automotive service sector in Bangladesh”. The aim of the study was to identify the level of Green Skills (environment) taught in technical and vocational education and training in Bangladesh.There are three objectives of these studies: identify the level of Green Skills taught in technical and vocational education and training in Bangladesh.Firstly the study examined the course curriculum of Diploma in Engineering, HSC Vocational and SSC Vocational from Bangladesh Technical Education Board (BTEB). The author found that Diploma in automobile/Power Technology has an environmental related subject named “Environmental Management”. It was also found that there is no environmental related subject in HSC Vocational (Automobile Trade) and in SSC Vocational (Automotive Trade), there is hardly an environmental related subject. There is a subject apply OSH practices in the workplace related to environment in NTVFQ course. Secondly it was found that there are clearly defined policies and legislation on environmental regulations. Thirdly for finding the level of present practices data were collected through a questionnaire and were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) software. The author found that most of the employers and employees are not aware of environmental regulations for their industry sector. Formal sectors follow the regulation and policies as mentioned by the management whereas informal sector has no idea about regulation and policies because most of employees (89%) are below secondary education. The researcher presented a set of various dimension about Green Skills requirements in the enterprises and most of the respondents accepted that