December 18: With an aim to increase workforce skills and competency, the Ministry of Education (MoE) and the Swiss Foundation for Technical Cooperation (Swisscontact) have jointly agreed to establish a National Vocational Qualification System (NVQS) project.

The NVQS project which will be under the MoE, will be implemented by the Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training (CTEVT) / National Skills Testing Board ((NSTB). Swisscontact will provide the technical assistance. 

The NVQS project, which is slated to stretch over a period of ten years, will provide a gateway into jobs for more than 500,000 youths who enter the labour market yearly. 

While praising the new initiative, Bishwo Prakash Pandit, secretary at MoE said, “Nepal needs economic growth in order to utlise its resources and only skills help to prioritise the development agenda of the country.”