Unemployment problem in Bangladesh

Unemployment means the state of being without any work both for the educated an uneducated for earning one’s livelihood. This problem has become a great concern all over the world. This problem is so acute as in Bangladesh. Thousands of people in this country are without any job. At present the toughest task for any young man is to manage a job. It is tedious and sometimes humiliating.

 A person has to run year after year from office to office to find out a job. Hundreds of candidates swarm over a single post. The bad effect of unemployment is not only confined to the economic field but also destroy the sense of moral values for want of employment. Many young people become frustrated. They have to lead a vagabond life. They have to idle away their time. Life becomes a curse and burden to them. When there is no dim ray of hope, they resort to commit different types of crimes like hijacking, plundering, robbery, murder, terrorism, drug addicting etc.

There are many reasons behind unemployment problem. This country is over populated. The rapid growth of population is the main reason of this problem. Job facilities are very small in proportion to the growth of propagation. And this increasing number of population outpaces all development of this country.

This country is industrially very much backward. In fact the development in this field is very slow. Cottage industries have almost decayed. The few mills, factories and industries that they have can only absorb a limited number of people.

Most of the people of this country depends on agriculture. But the cultivable land is very limited. So it can not engage a huge number of people. Moreover, this profession is seasonal. So, the farmers have to sit idle for a few months in a year.

The educated youngster of this country generally think it to be a disgraceful to do any manual work. They prefer service to do any kinds of business. This false sense of dignity and prestige is one of the reasons of their being unemployed. 

In order to eradicated this problem, a great change should be brought in education system. More importance should be given on professional, vocational and technical education. This will make an opening to work in different industrial sectors both home and abroad. A large number of mills, factories and industries should be set up where many of unemployed youths will get the opportunity to work. The educated youth should change their attitude of life. They must learn to choose independent career.

Unemployment is a great curse of a nation. So people and government of a country should make all out efforts to get rid of this curse.