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

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Ahmed, Md Shakil
 AM
Arman, Mohammad Raied
 HM
Hossain, Marjan
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Rahman, Khandker Wahedur
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Rahman, Nuzaba Tahreen
International Journal of Educational Development
Journal · Vol. 106 · Art. 103020
Abstract

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. © 2024 The Authors

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Training labour market outcomes School-to-work transition aspirations Cox's Bazar Income expectations Madrasa education

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student education labor market gender disparity Bangladesh employment generation income distribution Chittagong [Bangladesh] Cox's Bazar
Author Affiliations
BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Oxford Social Sciences Division, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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