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Unlocking Financial Freedom of Girls Through Personal Skill Development
Abstract
A significant segment of Bangladesh’s female population faces socio-economic disadvantages, leading to high dropout rates before completing secondary school education. They enter the job market without acquiring essential knowledge and skills, limiting career prospects and leaving their potential untapped. A large portion of them resort to ODL under the Bangladesh Open University (BOU) to overcome educational backwardness. This study finds eventually they cannot compete or cope with regular students due to age and break of study. Rather, they find more relevance to life-oriented skill development trainings than traditional education curricula for their sustainable livelihood. They also mentioned the need for formal educational certificates to be able to compete with others along with life-oriented skill courses. Study indicates ample opportunities for girls to earn a livelihood through skill-based activities like tailoring, embroidery, caregiving, and more. This research attempts to model life-oriented skill development training for girls in a collaborative environment in keeping with modern trends and technologies. Girls can thus explore different ways to generate income and achieve empowerment through financial freedom. Data is used in both primary and secondary sources. Primary data are collected through a semi-structured questionnaire survey among former and present female students. Also, experts from different skill sectors are consulted. The research is expected to unlock the financial freedom of tens of thousands of disadvantaged girls in Bangladesh.
PCF11 Sub-Theme: Sustaining Communities of Learning and Practice in Innovative Open Education
Paper ID: 5503
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Bangladesh
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Asia
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2025-09
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Commonwealth of Learning (COL)