Nepal visit
CES Team members are back in Nepal presenting three research studies.
In August 2024, Ursula Renold, Patrick McDonald and Borja Pérez-Viana visited Nepal to take part in events and projects key to the future of TVET in the country, which is undergoing a deep transformation as part of its federalisation process.
CES and the Kathmandu University School of Education (the ceSoed consortium) provide backstopping and learning to the Quality Technical and Vocational Education for Youth (QualiTY) project, an SDC-financed initiative to improve the quality and attractiveness of the TVET system, implemented by the Government of Nepal with technical support from Swisscontact. As part of its involvement, ceSoed, alongside other project stakeholders, visited schools across Sudurpaschim and Lumbini provinces to learn about the challenges faced by schools and the support they received from the project. The lessons from the trip will inform our further research on the quality of TVET schools.
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Understanding context and challenges of TVET Schools in Nepal helps us to prepare the next survey wave as part of our randomised control trial on TVET school quality. Thanks to all TVET school principals, their staff and students for providing us with insights and for your amazing engagement. -
A young group of female leaders launched a business by training young unemployed females with a small amount of seed money from the Mayor. They are producing fashionable bangles and make a benefit by selling them on the regional market as well as online. Congratulations to all of you! -
Thank you very much, Dr. Hari Lamsal, chief secretary of Sudurpaschim province and hashtag#CEMETS alumni, for the amazing discussion about federalization process in Nepal and its impact on provinces. We were honoured to spend time with you.
The team shared the findings from recent research on the federalisation process of Nepal, the benefits of dual TVET in Nepal and the state of the Nepalese TVET school system in several fora, which featured school principals, high-level officials and industry representatives. Chief among these events was the National Seminar on Education and Employment Linkage, held on the 29th of August and broadcasted live. The seminar was organised by the CNI—the leading industry organisation of Nepal—and benefited from the participation of political representatives at the highest level, including the current and former Ministers of Education and the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Education. The keynote presentation was delivered by Prof. Renold, who emphasised the benefits of the involvement of the private sector in TVET governance and proposed a way forward to accomplish it. During the Q&A that closed the event, Prof. Renold expressed her optimism for the future of TVET in Nepal and pointed out that the seminar was a crucial milestone in the process of increasing industry engagement, which was very limited when she first started working in Nepal seven year ago. The seminar also featured presentations by other member of the ceSoed team, Dr McDonald and Dr Pérez-Viana from CES and Dr Prakash Paudel from KUSOED, during its technical sessions.
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National Seminar on Education and Employment Linkage organised by industry associations CNI, NADA and HAN with support of MoEST, SDC and Helvetas. ETH Chair of Education presented results of three research studies. YouTube-Links allows to follow live-stream conference. Thanks to all organisers for the amazing event and great discussions. -
CEMETS iLab Nepal is a reform Lab organized by the consortium of Kathmandu University and ETH Zurich (Chair of Education Systems) to boost TVET reforms in Nepal. 8 Teams from Local, Province and Federal Level are participating and learn how to lead TVET reform cases. Faculty members from the consortium are presenting evidence from research to improve the teams reform cases. This morning Dr. Patrick McDonald (CES Post-Doc) is presenting results from the Randomised Control Trial of the 24-month Dual TVET Apprenticeship program. -
What a wonderful exchange in the garden of Swiss Embassy with CNI and HAN leaders on how to coordinate and organise industry in Nepal to strengthen TVET. Looking forward to seeing you in February again to celebrate achievements.
Studies
Baseline Report
State of the schools at the beginning of the QualiTY project
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Labor Market Effects of a Dual-VET Apprenticeship - Evidence from Nepal
This paper analyzes the labor market effects of a Dual-VET Apprenticeship pilot in Nepal.
Constitutional Reform and its Impact on TVET Industry in Nepal
Fourth report in support of developing understanding and finding the way forward for federalizing the TVET sector in Nepal – Organized Industry