KMC to organise month-long skill fair

Kathmandu: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City will be organizing a month-long ‘Skill Fair’ from May 1 at Tundikhel.

KMC would organize the skill fair under its pride project with collaboration with the Federation of Professional Training and Employment of Nepal for the fair. Officiating Chief of the KMC Social Development Department, Bimala Koirala said that an understanding has already been reached between the Department and Federation where the Federation would run and manage the training.

Koirala said that the target has been set to impart training to 2,081 people related to 36 professions of 10 sectors in the fair. The Federation would have the responsibility to manage trainers, required materials, and equipment and conduct demos. The training would be imparted based on a curriculum approved by the KMC.

Likewise, it is expected that the skill fair would help the objective of integrating the scattered skills and making skilled human resources accessible to employers, stressed Koirala. People aged between 18-58 years could participate in the training. The training is going to be imparted with a target of making 5,000 people self-employed directly by imparting employment-oriented training to 15,000 people.

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