As a matter of fact the demand-gap aspect of the Technologists will never be static, rather it will increase or decrease over the years depending upon the situational changes in the demand - Supply trend and Technological sophistication . The demand of the Textile Technologists will be increased over the next few years, in all sectors of Textile manufacturing, education & training and in trade and business.
Department of Textile is governing education in textile: at three levels: (1) BSc. in Textile Engineering, (2) Diploma in Textile Engineering & (3) SSC Vocational in Textile. It is the governing authority of Four Textile Colleges, Six Textile Institutes & Forty Textile Vocational Institutes through out the country. It has Four divisional & Two district offices and one Textile Training Center.
Textile Engineering College:
o Four Textile Engineering Colleges Offering 4 year BSc. in Textile Engineering Five departments :
~Yarn manufacturing, ~Fabric manufacturing, ~Wet processing, ~Garments & Clothing and ~Fashion Design
o Students after Higher Secondary are eligible for admission
o Each college has seat capacity of 60-80 in a batch.
Textile Institutes :
o Six Diploma Institutes.
o Offering 4 year Diploma in Textile Engineering.
o Five departments :
~Yarn manufacturing ~Fabric manufacturing, ~Wet processing, ~Garments & Clothing and ~Fashion design.
o Students after Secondary are eligible for admission.
o Syllabus and curriculum are prescribed by Bangladesh Technical Education Board.
o Each institute has seat capacity of 80 in a batch.
o 2nd shift started from 2003 with same number of students intake.
Textile Vocational Institutes (TVI) :
o Three departments :
o Students after passing Class VIII are eligible for admission.
o Each TVI has seat capacity of 90 students in a batch.