| Project Name |
Training for Employment Project (TfE) |
| Donor/s |
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) |
| Country |
Nepal |
| Project Duration |
2000-2008 |
Project Description:
Alliance Nepal completed implementation of a SDC project, Training for Employment (TfE) in 2008; incepted from January 2000. The project was implemented by Alliance Nepal itself. The overall goal of TfE was to support Technical Training Providers to maintain the quality of vocational and technical education in order to enhance employability and productivity of their graduates. Organizational and Institutional Strengthening was the strategic focus. The “Vocational Pathways” has been identified as the area of concentration for inclusive approach in the whole spectrum of education and training with career pathways. TfE primarily aimed to support deserving out-of-school youth in the VocPath of career development (entry and exit opportunity) through multi pronged approach.
- Organizational and Institutional Strengthening (OIS) approach in relation to its partner Technical Training Providers (TTPs) while implementing training packages with a view to enhancing TTPs’ competence to address the critical needs of the out-of-school youth and the country.
- Inclusion of the excluded mass (economically poor and socially discriminated i.e. Dalit, Janajati, women etc).
- Advocacy for better policy environment, e.g. VocPath to be integral part of systemic Technical Education and Vocational Training (TEVT) Development.
- Partnership (including cost sharing), holistic approach to training cycle, contribution in building the overall national TEVT capacity as the key and cross-cutting theme of the project.
- Major outputs of the project were: Training Packages Development for out of school youth within VocPath and leading to career growth on the basis of market need and employment assurance; Piloting of the Training Packages in partnerships with TTPs; Monitoring of quality of TTPs performance and the training programs; Developing the capacity of TTPs for quality training delivery, marketing, pre to post training activities; Facilitating peer exchange groups for their mutual development as well as to create forum for creative ideas generation and professional network for developing TEVT sector; Collecting and disseminating training and labor market information to TEVT stakeholders including partners, beneficiaries, needy ones; Supporting creative approaches, ideas and actions towards quality and system development on TEVT.
- In first phase (2000-2002) of the project 1,769 persons got skill training (1 – 12 months duration) through the project from 24 partner TTPs, out of which more than 73% were employed. In the second phase 16 quality training packages were developed and 1,683 persons received career path oriented technical and vocational training (6 to 18 months duration) from 26 partner TTPs. Alliance Nepal now has well tested 16 curricula compatible to labor market, network of all major TTPs (public and private with 108 members), 27 long-term partner TTPs and certain tested approaches at hand for further use and multiplication. The total number of trained graduates during the project implementation was 3,452 in 44 occupational trades with 33% women and 60% Dalit and Janajati. The employment record of the project was 82%.
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