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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Ahmed, Md. Shakil
• Arman, Mohammad Raied
• Hossain, Marjan
• Rahman, Khandker Wahedur
• Rahman, Nuzaba Tahreen

Titel

School to work transition: Employment and expectations of former madrasa students in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

Ist Teil von

• International journal of educational development, 2024-04, Vol.106, p.103020, Article 103020

Ort / Verlag

Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• We document the dynamics of the school-to-work transition of former madrasa students in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh – the host community of the Rohingya refugees. We conduct a phone survey using a respondent-driven sampling (RDS) technique to understand the labour market opportunities and aspirations of former madrasa students in Cox’s Bazar who are 15–40 years old. We find that most of the respondents are in the labour market, with male respondents driving this trend. There is a strong willingness to participate in training and expectations that receiving training will double income. We report that there is a mismatch between the actual and desired sector of employment– most of the employed respondents want to engage in different income-generating activities than their current ones. We also find gender differences in the types of training desired and expected income. •We document the dynamics of the school-to-work transition of former madrasa students in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.•Most of the respondents participate in the labour market, but there is a gender difference in the labour market outcomes.•There is a mismatch between labour market outcome and aspiration.•Respondents desire to receive training and expect that through training they could double their monthly income.