May 5: More than 10,000 people have applied for the 'Skill Fair 2081 BS' organized since May 1 by Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC). KMC organized the fair with the goal of training 2,081 individuals but more than 10,000 people applied for the training. 

According to Bimala Koirala, acting head of KMC’s Social Development Department, all those who have filled the application forms will be provided the training.

Koirala said that the applicants who filled the forms before May 1 will be allowed to participate in the skill fair. Koirala said that there is a plan to provide them with the training schedule by Friday, May 10. She further said that training will be provided at various stages in collaboration with various campuses and community schools for those who fill the forms after May 2.

She shared that 2,081 of those who filled the forms will be trained immediately and others will be trained for the next three years based on their needs. The skill fair has been started under the KMC's Gaurav Yojana (Pride Project) under 'Increase in Employment and Income, Prosperity of Kathmandu'.

KMC has collaborated with the Nepal Training and Employment Association to organize the fair. According to the KMC, the aim is to provide training in 36 occupations in 10 areas. The KMC believes that the fair will help people with skills reach employers. Koirala further stated that people who have completed 18 years of age and are not above 58 years of age can participate in the training.

For those who find it difficult to fill the details online, arrangements were made to fill the form on paper at the ward offices of the KMC as well. The participants who came to Tundikhel on the opening day could fill the forms from that venue as well, KMC said. -- RSS