- Another 93 Assistant Tea Technicians are ready for Quality Tea Production
- Cooperative sector developing technical human resource on tea cultivation
- "Skill Development for Quality Tea Production" project launched in Nepal
- Assistant tea technician training (3rd Phase) started to fulfill the shortage of skill human resource in Tea Sector
- CTCF organized an Interaction program with Province level stakeholders to explore the assistant tea technician
Project Name | Skill Development for Quality Tea Production | ||||||
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Dakchyata: TVET Practical Partnership Year 15 months (1st Aug. 2020 to 28th Dec. 2021) |
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Project name: Skill Development for Quality Tea Production Supported by: Dakchyata: TVET Practical Partnership Funded by: The European Union Managed by: The British Council Name of implementing organization: Central Tea Cooperative Federation Ltd. Nepal Address: Ilam Municipality - 7, Ilam District, Province No. 1 About Project: CTCF aims to address the existing big skill shortage in tea sector in Nepal, particularly skills on tea cultivation and management, tea technician, tea processing and testing, and proper packaging and marketing. Occupational skill testing has not yet started in this sector. There are 140 registered tea gardens; and 98 small, 29 big orthodox, 28 big CTC and 31 cooperative-run tea processing factories in Nepal who do not have adequate skilled human resources. More than 18 thousand households are dependent on this sector for their living. There is an increase in tea cultivation and production every year, but there is no supply of skilled human resources to meet the demand. Very limited has been done so far to produce skilled human resources and skill certification in tea sector. There is no institution in Nepal to teach tea cultivation, management and processing technology. Nepal Tea and Coffee Development Board (NTCDB) is more focused on policy formulation and managerial support. CTEVT has developed training curriculum on “Tea Plantation and Management” in 2002 and “Assistant Tea Technician” in 2008 and further revised in 2014 but no training and skill tasting has been conducted in this sector. That addresses the skill level on tea cultivation processing, value addition such as packaging and marketing skill training and certification provides training graduates the opportunity for employment in the tea sector business and also opportunity for self-employment particularly for tea farmers and cooperative members. They are looking cultivation and processing related skill human resource which needs full fill through advanced tea technical training graduate. In this regards, CTCF Nepal has received grants to implement project entitled “Skill Development for Quality Tea Production” supported by Dakchyata which is funded by the EU) and managed by the British Council (p). The main objectives of the project is to generate better self/employment opportunities and increase productivity of tea through providing skill training and skill certification to the tea farmers, tea factory owners and workers, farmers living in and around the tea cultivation areas, and tea cooperative members.
The Dakchyata: TVET Practical Partnership is a skills development programme, which operates across three industry sectors in Nepal: agriculture, tourism and construction. Dakchyata is a four-year project, which runs from 2017 to 2021, and is part of the overarching TVET PP programme funded by the European Union, and managed by the British Council under the leadership of Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST) in partnership with the Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training (CTEVT) in Nepal. The main aim of the project is to strengthen the implementation of more effective policy in the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) sector, responsive to labour market needs. The programme will pilot an integrated Public Private Partnership Approach in three key economic sectors i) agriculture ii) construction, iii) tourism, offering opportunities for promoting the transition to a greener, climate-resilient, low-emission economy.
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