: The shrinking job opportunities due to a widening mismatch between market demand and academic skills in Bangladesh is driving university students to suicide.
“However, some of my friends already secured government jobs which prompted my parents and relatives to express their frustration on me,” he narrated. Financial insecurity and depression during the pandemic remain major causes, he added, saying that social hype for government jobs, high expectations, and lack of mental stability among fresh graduates led to this fragile state.
The Global Knowledge Index said one in three graduates remain unemployed in Bangladesh due to the poor education system while it ranked 112th out of 138 countries. “We have to hire a huge number of foreigners in sectors like readymade garments, pharmaceuticals, hospitality management in luxurious hotels, tertiary hospitals, technical workers, and so on,” he added.