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Quality Technical and Vocational Education and Training for Youth (QualiTY)

Quality Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) for Youth (QualiTY) Project aims to help Nepali youth, including those from disadvantaged groups, benefit from quality education and better employment prospects.
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Kathmandu
27.7172453
85.3239605
Nepal
Financed by
  • Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC
PROJECT DURATION

2022 - 2026

The Project

The project targets to benefit 48,000 youth including those from disadvantaged groups. Out of which at least 60% will be from the disadvantaged groups and 49% women. It targets to train at least 1,000 TVET teachers to assist them to be certified; to empower at least 250 TVET schools to be formally accredited from the national authority.

In addition, the project will provide technical assistance to the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST), Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training (CTEVT) at Federal level to support implementation of National TVET Strategic Plan, development of standards and frameworks. The project will support Ministries responsible for Education (MoSD/E) in all Provinces for the establishment of TVET institution to implement their mandate in collaboration with Local Governments.

The project will work directly with the TVET schools to enable them to improve their quality through better visioning, communication and hiring and retaining of trained TVET teachers.

Project Partner

The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST) and the Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training (CTEVT) implements the project activities at the Federal level. Whereas, in the Provinces, the Ministry of Social Development/Education (MoSD/E) implements the project activities.

Project Goal

Nepali youth, including those from disadvantaged groups, benefit from quality education and better employment prospects

Project Outcomes and Outputs

Outcome 1: MoEST provides coherent national standards and procedures for TVET and monitors quality of their implementation.

  • MoEST develops a participative Plan of Action for TVET.
  • The CTEVT develops national accreditation standard and procedure.
  • CTEVT establishes a national licensing procedure for TVET instructors.
  • CTEVT elaborates national curriculum frameworks & models.

Outcome 2: The Office for TVET in the Provinces implements the accreditation procedure and collaborate with Local Governments to manage TVET schools.

  • MoSD/E forms and capacitates the Office for TVET.
  • The Office for TVET develops provincial TVET schools accreditation procedure on behalf of CTEVT.
  • MoSD/E facilitates coordination with local governments for relevant resources allocation to manage TVET schools.

Outcome 3: TVET schools enrol and retain youth, including from disadvantaged groups, in quality TVET programmes.

  • TVET school principals are mentored and implement a school improvement plan.
  • TVET schools have scholarship policy and communication strategies in place.

 

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Downloads

Baseline Report: State of the Schools at the Beginning of the Quality TVET for Youth (QualiTY) Project
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QualiTY Project Infographic
2 MB

Accreditation of TVET Institutions

Accreditation criteria and indicators
3 MB
Accreditation flyer Nepali
514 kB
Accreditation flyer English
373 kB

News

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Initial vocational education and training, Labour market insertion
30.04.2026
West Asia Conflict and the Skills Agenda in Nepal
Each year, nearly 700,000 Nepalese leave the country in search of foreign employment, with around 65 percent, approximately 450,000 individuals heading to Gulf countries. These migrants are vital to Nepal’s economy, contributing 22–25 percent to Nepal’s GDP, with nearly 40 percent of total remittance inflows originating from West Asian countries (Banjade, 2026) (Adhikari, 2024).  These figures underscore the centrality of migrant labour to Nepal’s foreign currency reserves and overall economic stability.

The ongoing conflict in West Asia poses significant risks compelling many migrants to return home. This shift could have profound consequences for Nepal’s remittance earnings and labour market.
Nepal
Initial vocational education and training
24.12.2025
Transforming Teaching Skills into Academic Achievement for TVET Educators
In the gracious presence of H.E. Dr. Danielle Meuwly, Ambassador of Switzerland to Nepal, Far Western University (FWU) and Swisscontact, as the technical assistance provider within the Quality Technical and Vocational Education and Training for Youth (QualiTY) project, signed a landmark agreement to initiate the “Professional Development of TVET Instructors” programme.
Nepal
Initial vocational education and training
28.08.2025
Nepal launches the National TVET School Accreditation
On August 27, 2025, Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training (CTEVT), with support of the Quality TVET for Youth (QualiTY) project and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC launched the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) School Accreditation. This announcement was made during the National Seminar on “Quality TVET: The Need of Now.”