Deserving decision

The Himalayan Times

7 December 2017

Deserving decision

More than 400,000 migrant workers are working in the gulf region as the semi and non-skilled workers. Millions of foreign currencies are entered into the country as the remittance on a monthly basis. Nepal is a country that receives one of the highest proportions of remittance in terms of gross domestic product (GDP) in the world. In fact, remittances account for 30 percent of the country’s GDP. However, the funds from remittances are mostly being used as a means for survival of their families. So far, there are no other provisions of the government for giving benefits except providing compensation of Rs. 700,000 to the immediate family of the migrant workers in case of their death or if they are critically injured or serious ill while working abroad.

It was wonderful to know that the children of migrant workers will be provided with free technical education effective beginning of March 2018 “Free technical education for kids of affected migrant workers” (THT, December 5, Page 11). The Foreign Employment Promotion Board (FEPB) is preparing for the first time to provide free technical education in view of supporting the families of migrant workers who pass away or suffer serious injuries or illness while working in foreign lands. This programme includes free education in the field of civil engineering, nursing and agriculture, for which FEPB will bear all the cost of beneficiary children. This cost includes course fee, uniform, rent and travel costs.

The purpose of this programme is to help the children of migrant workers to develop the technical skills to be used for generating livelihood opportunities. Under this programme, children, who can read and write, will be provided with one year vocational training in the field of agriculture. Likewise, children, having passed the School Leaving Certificate (SLC), are given three year diploma course designed by CTEVT. FEPB has allocated for this fiscal year 120 seats for three-year diploma course in any of civil engineering, nursing and agriculture and 200 for one-year vocational training on agriculture.

Rai Biren Bangdel

Maharajgunj

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