KATHMANDU, Jan. 15 -- A polytechnic school has come into operation in Chandragiri Municipality of Kathmandu with a view to offer various skills training opportunities following the curriculum set by the Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training (CTEVT).
The new two-story polytechnic school building, equipped with four state-of-the-art laboratories, was constructed on Belambu Secondary School (BSS) premises with an Rs 25 million investment by Chandragiri municipality in collaboration with South Korea's Dream Sharing Foundation.
Addressing an inaugural ceremony of the polytechnic school, Vice-President Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav stressed on the need to integrate technical and vocational skills into Nepal’s public school curriculum in order to empower students for self-employment and self-reliance.
According to the Municipality, the polytechnic school will start offering skills training in four occupations: beautician, electrician, and motorcycle and mobile phone repair, to the students of BSS in Chandragiri-12 with the concept of ‘earning by reading’ and making the students self-employed after they complete their secondary education (ten plus two).
Students from grades 9 to 12 will learn skills in one of the disciplines of their choice alongside their academic studies in the public school, explained the school Principal Suman Rawat. After passing grade 12, the students will also be awarded with a certificate of technical skills in the discipline of their choice. Chandragiri municipality believes that it will help the students to become self-reliant and employable in the school.
Also speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the polytechnic school, former Education Minister Krishna Gopal Shrestha and Chandragiri Municipality Mayor Ghanashyam Giri emphasized the need for incorporating technical training to bridge the gap between theoretical and practical education while fostering self-employment through skills training in the country.
Chief of the Education, Youth and Sports Section of the municipality Sujan Raj Khanal expressed the belief that having theoretical and practical knowledge of technical education along with school education would help the students become self-employed.
Chair of Dream Sharing Foundation Korea, Si Win, reaffirmed the foundation’s commitment to supporting technical education in the public schools of Nepal in the coming days.
