Issues and Challenges of Technical Education and Vocational Training (TEVT) in Nepal

네팔의 공업교육과 직업훈련의 쟁점 및 과제

  • Received : 2009.07.30
  • Accepted : 2009.09.25
  • Published : 2009.12.31

Abstract

In Nepal, unemployment and underemployment rate is very high among the youth between 15-24 ages. Generally people tend to discourage acquisition of skills for a career. Access to skill training is limited, especially for the poor, women, and disadvantaged, and the quality of skills training is variable and often not linked to market needs. Strengthening the technical education and vocational training (TEVT) sector to deliver more relevant and market oriented training is essential. To improve the country's pool of technical skilled manpower and unemployment problem, the government has attempted various programs in the last two decades to institutionalize technical education and vocational training. These had initially mixed results mainly due to poor organization and management of the TEVT sector, lack of proper linkage between the training programs and the needs of the labor market, lack of proper equipment and instructional materials and inadequately trained instructors. Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training (CTEVT) as a leading organization in TEVT sector of Nepal should focus on community-based vocational trainings for the purpose of reducing poverty in grassroots level addressing excluded and marginalized groups. It is a big challenge as well as opportunity for CTEVT and TEVT professionals.

네팔 국민의 30% 이상은 빈곤 수준 이하로 살고 있다. 15-24살 젊은이의 실직과 불완전고용 비율은 매우 높다. 일반적으로 국민들은 진로를 위한 기능 습득을 단념하는 경향이 있다. 특히, 빈곤자, 여성, 불우한 사람들은 기능 훈련의 접근이 제한적이며, 기능 훈련의 질은 가변적이며 시장의 요구에 부응하지 못하고 있다. 좀 더 관련 있고 시장 중심의 훈련에 대응하기 위해서는 공업교육과 직업훈련 영역의 강화가 필수적이다. 공업 분야의 기능화된 인력과 실직 문제의 국가적인 어려움을 개선하기 위하여, 정부는 지난 20여 년 동안 공업교육과 직업훈련을 제도화하기 위하여 다양한 프로그램들을 진행해 왔다. 이러한 프로그램은 초기에 TEVT 영역의 잘못된 조직과 관리, 훈련 프로그램과 노동 시장 요구의 적절한 연계성 부족, 적합한 기자재와 수업 자료의 부족 및 불충분하게 훈련된 교사들 때문에 대부분 혼란스런 결과를 낳았다. 네팔의 TEVT 영역의 선도적인 기관으로서 공업교육훈련원(CTEVT)이 사회적으로 무시되고 제한된 서민 수준에서의 빈곤을 감소시키기 위한 목적으로 공공사회 기반의 직업 훈련에 집중해야만 한다. 이것이 바로 CTEVT와 TEVT 전문가들을 위한 기회일 뿐만 아니라 커다란 도전이다.

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