National Skill Test Board, Nepal Vocational Qualifications System Published notice regarding Skill Test Evaluation Application form. All notice is given below.
Application form Download by This link: https://bit.ly/2HbY6IM
NSTB is an authorized institution having wide experience and mandate for national level skill testing and certification. It was established in 1983 as an autonomous body named Skill Testing Authority (STA) with an aim of providing the job seekers, skilled and semi-skilled individuals with recognized certificates on specific skills. Later in 1989, it was placed under the umbrella of CTEVT as Skill Testing Division. Since then it has been functioning as the secretariat of National Skill Testing Board (NSTB). NSTB operates its activities under the management of CTEVT and is fully equipped with increasing degree of autonomy with strong leadership and professional standing in skill testing and certification process.
Many people in Nepal cannot complete their elementary/basic education because of multi-faceted socio-economic disparities. The alarming illiteracy rate and lack of technical skills is forcing large mass of people into the unending cycle of poverty, unemployment, economic dependency and massive migration of youths for foreign employment. NSTB in this connection has been equipping a rapidly growing number of young men and women with recognition of their competencies by means of official certificates and thus improving their chances in the labour market and in self employment within and beyond country and laddering them to higher level training and education.
Nepal Vocational Qualifications System (NVQS) is envisioned a long-term project, about 10 years, focused on bringing about systemic changes in the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) system in Nepal that will enable women and men including disadvantaged groups to get access to increased employment and self-employment performing at higher productivity levels leading to higher income, enhanced livelihood and resilience, and thus combat poverty and promote inclusive growth.
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) is supporting the Ministry of Education to establish a National Vocational Qualifications Framework (NVQF) and a corresponding National Vocational Qualification Authority (NVQA) to manage it through NVQS Project. Swiss Foundation for Technical Cooperation (Swisscontact) provides the Technical Assistance to the Project.
Ministry of Education is the institutional partner and NSTB/CTEVT is the direct implementation partner until it will be transformed into a NVQA under its own legal umbrella. In its first phase (2015 – 2019), NVQS is expected to set enabling framework conditions, the setting up base for an independent legal entity, building institutional and human capacities of existing NSTB, and strengthening and expanding existing service delivery in all 75 districts in Nepal.