Domestic workers from Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, who constitute a large proportion of housemaids in the UAE, are receiving occupational training before they go for foreign employment.
More Sri Lankan and Bangladeshi housemaids have been coming to the UAE in recent years due to the shortage of housemaids in the market following a ban imposed by some other Asian nations on emigration of housemaids.
Household workers from Sri Lanka and Bangladesh undergo a few weeks-long training that prepares them to take up the job abroad, top diplomats of those countries told Gulf News.
The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBE) at Colombo offers training to non-professional job seekers before they go for foreign employment, said Sulaiman J. Mohideen, Sri Lankan Ambassador to UAE. Housemaids are trained how to use electric and electronic home appliances. First-aid training is also part of the curriculum, he said.
-Gulf News
-Agencies
