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Bangladesh is growing but something essential is being overlooked. Beyond the steady rise in GDP, the expansion of exports, and the visible transformation of infrastructure lies a quieter, more consequential question: are we fully utilising the human capital we already possess? Increasingly, the answer appears to be negative.
Over the past decade, Bangladesh has sustained an average GDP growth rate of 6–7 percent, while the ready-made garment sector alone accounts for more than four-fifths of export earnings. Yet beneath these achievements, structural inefficiencies persist. According to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, a large majority of the labour force nearly 85 percent remains engaged in informal or low-productivity activities. A significant share of the youth population, particularly those outside conventional academic pathways, continues to operate at the margins of the formal economy.
The Madrasa Sector: An Untapped Reservoir
One of the most underappreciated segments of this untapped human capital is the madrasa system, comprising both Alia (government regulated) and Qawmi (independent) institutions. The scale of this sector is substantial:
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