Kathmandu Technical School comes into operation
The school is brought into operation with an objective of producing skilled human resources in the job market.
KATHMANDU: IME Group and IXI Corp have jointly established the Kathmandu Technical School (KTS).
The school is brought into operation with an objective of producing skilled human resources in the job market.
Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security, Sharat Singh Bhandari, inaugurated the school amidst a programme organized at Dhumbarahi today.
On the occasion, Minister Bahndari said the government has put partnership with private sector in priority as problems of unemployment and poverty would be resolved only from the fusion of skill, employment, entrepreneurship and capital.
“Producing technical human resources is government’s priority. The government is ready to collaborate with private sector in skill development and producing technical human resources”, he asserted.
Similarly, President of Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry and IME Group Chair Chandra Prasad Dhakal said with the operation of the school, the IME Group has been moving ahead for producing technical human resources.
He expressed the belief that the school would play significant role to make thousands of youths self-employed. “The school was established with a target of starting new era in technical and vocational education in Nepal. We expect that the school will have positive contribution in employment, education, society and overall economy”, mentioned Dhakal.
Likewise, Chairperson of Kathmandu Technical School, Manoj Poudel, shared that the school would help government’s objective of producing more than 100,000 human resources in next 10 years.
The school would impart training related to hospitality, culinary arts, care giving, as well as other employment-oriented and self-employment categories.
