Vocational skills are beneficial for any individual. They play an important role in the long-term as they help the industries, which in turn help in the economic development of the country. Vocational education is also important because it has a positive effect on business and attracts foreign investment.
Vocational education is an alternative education and training given to students who choose to gain work specific skills in various professions. These professions can range from craftsmanship to technicians to engineers, and it is vocational education that provides the know-how and expertise. Vocational education has always existed in the traditional crafts and cottage industries, and is slowly diversifying into developing careers in retail, tourism and information technology to name a few.
As Nepal’s supplies many unskilled or semiskilled labour in the domestic labour market as well as aboard (mainly gulf countries and Malasia), the vocational education is quite instrumental to increase the income of the labor.
The Unica Foundation earlier carried out such training to for solar technician. From this year, the Unica Foundation revived the training, starting with 20 participants from disadvantaged group in Pokhara, who has joined the plumbing training there.
The trainings is Level 1 standard, 390 hours duration as per the curricula approved by Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training (CTEVT). Therefore, intended outcome will be at least 90% participants will pass CTEVT level 1 skills test thus will be graduated.
Information
Beneficiaries:
20 participants from disadvantaged group
Location:
Pokhara-11, Ranipauwa, Kaski
Start date: End date:
01-02-2019 29-02-2020
Status:
Completed
Techniques
Education
Partners & sponsors
Panchakanya Training Institute (PTI)
Unica Foundation
