Here is a conversation with Anil Muni Bajracharya, information officer at Research and Information Division, the Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training (CTEVT).

KATHMANDU, Dec 30: The Foreign Employment Board has fallen short of its target to provide free vocational training to 15,000 youths this fiscal year. Due to various reasons, less than 10,000 are likely to receive skill training in the current fiscal year.

KATHMANDU, July 10: Nalgad municipality has come up with a plan to transform the lives of nomadic Badi community people who have been eking out their daily lives on fishing.

GENEVA, March 15: Chinese vice foreign minister Le Yucheng on Friday defended what China calls its vocational training centers in Xinjiang for Muslims and rejected interference in domestic affairs.

PARBAT, Sept 26: Different organizations -- government and non-government -- conduct vocational training intended at developing skills of the youths. However, contrary to the expectations, these skills development activities have not been able to generate sufficient employment opportunities.