Directorate of Technical Education

Head

Abul Khayer Md. Akkas Ali

Role

Director General

Annual budget

n/a

Staff

n/a

Established

1960

Legal basis

Established by executive order in 1960 under the Government of Pakistan; continued under the Government of Bangladesh post-independence; operates under the Technical and Madrasah Education Division under the Ministry of Education.

The Directorate of Technical Education is focused on improving the quality and relevance of technical education to ensure graduates possess practical skills required by the modern labor market.

Website: official portal is techedu.gov.bd (also accessible as dte.gov.bd which redirects; dte.gov.bd TLS certificate has altname mismatch and fails HTTPS fetch). Current DG is Abul Khayer Md. Akkas Ali, confirmed by name in an April 13, 2026 event report (Daily Asian Age) and on the techedu.gov.bd homepage; Wikipedia listed Md. Sanowar Hossain, which appears to be a prior incumbent. head_since is not publicly available in any source consulted. staff_count and DTE-specific annual_budget_bdt are not disaggregated in public budget documents; annual_budget_bdt reflects the parent division total. DTE manages 218 government institutions: 161 technical schools/colleges (techedu.gov.bd homepage figure), 51 polytechnic institutes (techedu.gov.bd), 4 engineering colleges, 1 Technical Teachers Training College. Note: Wikipedia cites 64 TSCs and 49 polytechnics, which reflects an earlier count; the techedu.gov.bd homepage figures (161 TSCs, 51 polytechnics, 218 total) are treated as current. BTEB (Bangladesh Technical Education Board) is a separate autonomous body under TMED that conducts examinations and manages the admission portal; DTE is the implementation/management directorate. ASSET project budget figure (BDT 429,999.55 lakh) sourced from asset-dte.gov.bd.