BHAKTAPUR: At a time when technical education has gained in popularity, the Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training (CTEVT) recently endorsed a provision to allow even School Leaving Certificate (SLC) failed students to sit in the entrance examination to take up such courses for higher education.

CTEVT has offered this golden opportunity to students who have failed in only two subjects and had appeared in the SLC chance exam. Students must pass the chance exam to enroll in certain institutions for studies.

The entrance exam is going to be held on July 25 and 26 while the chance exam is going to be held from August 5.

Dr Ram Hari Lamichhane, member-secretary of CTEVT, informed that they had offered diploma courses in agriculture, animal rearing, construction, health and other technical subjects. He said CTEVT has been planning to keep display bars at various public places which will make the youths aware about skills. He informed that the display bar will be kept at Tribhuvan International Airport, Department of Foreign Employment, Passport Department and Ratnapark. “Such public display will help students, public and others concerned ,” he added.

Currently, around 1,700 youths leave for foreign employment every day. Out of this total, two per cent are skilled, 24 per cent are less skilled and 72 per cent are unskilled. CTEVT has also been planning to introduce a special scholarship programme for unprivileged girls and Dalit and minority community students.

Yesterday, in the budget speech for the new fiscal, the government announced it would be launching technical education in 240 constituencies. It has also allocated budget to construct buildings for 13 poly-technics in various parts of the country to promote technical and vocational education for youths.

source: the himalayan times,14 july 2014