Post by Swisscontact Asia

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫.  Across Asia, education systems keep producing a familiar mismatch: not enough graduates with the practical, industry-ready skills employers are looking for. It's a pattern playing out from #Kathmandu to #Cambodia. In #Nepal, every year, an estimated 500K young Nepali students enter the job market but only a fraction find work, and thousands leave the country each day in search of opportunity elsewhere.    Our partnership with Nepal Open University (NOU) and the Nepal Association for Software and IT Services Companies (NAS-IT) is connecting academia with industry, supporting the development of a Professional Bachelor Programme in IT. This Industry Integrated Degree (IID) programme provides students with hands-on experience, exposure to real business challenges, and industry-relevant skills. The partnership will be instrumental in designing courses relevant to today’s labour market demands.      This programme is funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐚𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝?   𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫 from the academic and industry leaders behind it. 👇    #WeCreateOpportunities #DigitalSkills #CompetencyBasedEducation #SwisscontactAsia