Impact of Training: A Case Study of Skill for Employment Project (Sep) in Pokhara
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Central Department of Rural Development Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu
Abstract
This study entitled “IMPACT OF TRAINING: A CASE STUDY OF SKILL FOR
EMPLOYMENTPROJECT (SEP) IN POKHARA” deals with the impact of training
on skill for employment projects graduates. The general objectives of the study is
To analyze hotel management and hospitality sector training and describe the
SEP graduate's employment status, opinion about training, employment
satisfaction in Pokhara region. The specific objective were To explore
employment activities of SEP graduates in Pokhara,To find out cause of
unemployment, To find out the change in income generation by vocational
training, To analysis the major previous and existing financial position of
SEP graduates.
Skills for employment are aimed to generate employment opportunities for those
youth who could not complete higher-level studies. Through market oriented
short term skill training, it aims to reduce the socio economic inequity existed in
the county and uplift the economic condition of the people who are under the
poverty line. Towards this end, according to the national and international labor
demand, SEP has been providing training to 80,000 youths free of cost in
different 125 places of 56 districts.
The purpose of this study is to establish employment outcomes of the Vocational
training graduates of SEP run in Pokhara on the field of hotel management and
hospitality industry, beside employment situation, types employment activities,
job behavior and graduates opinion about training also focused. SEP has
regularly conducted different training program all over the country. These training
programs are supported by SEP and totally free of cost raining. However impact
of training is not clear due to lack of studies .It is apparent that without any
substantial study.
The study used a combination of quantities and qualitative research
methodologies to collect and analyses data. The questionnaires for graduates
solicited information on their personal detail, training details, employment status,
cause of unemployment, and their opinion about vocational training. The study
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selected 3 technical training institutes and randomly 100 trainee graduated
selected as sample from the 495 graduates due to sampling error only 85
graduates applicable for study. In this study, primary data has been collected
directly from personal interviews and alternatively, used email questionnaires for
job behavior observation of graduate’s. This study has categorized, Income,
financial position, cause of unemployment has been measured through,
ratio/percentage analysis, mean and standard deviation. Opinion about courses,
job behavior observation, employment situation, have presented in pie chart, bar
diagram and tables etc.
SEP is to promote poverty reduction and stability by increasing engagement in
wage and international employment and self-employment. Study shows 65%
trainee graduates are unemployment, 12% trainee graduates are full time stable
employee, 10% trainee graduates are part time stable employee, 11% trainee
graduates engage on self-employment activities and 2% trainee graduate
involved on unpaid employment. SEP has providing training to 80,000 youths
free of cost in different 125 place but on the observation shows on the sector of
hotel training in Pokhara is not significant of free training & graduates monthly
household income; 28.2% graduates have less than Rs 6000 household income,
22.4% graduates have less than Rs 10000, 18.8% graduates have less than Rs
20000, 15.3% graduates less than Rs 25000 and 15.3% graduated have more
than Rs 30000 monthly household income.However SEP practical trainings are
very useful for those graduates who want to enter on the domestic and
international wage market