The South Korean Employment Permit System (EPS) has invited applications
for the annual Korean language test to select 2016 lot of migrant
workers. The Korea Employment Permit System (EPS) said the forms should
be submitted from April 16-19. Passing the language test is a
requirement, though it does not guarantee a job, to go to South Korea
for employment. The EPS section of the Department of Foreign Employment
(DoFE) said the application forms can be submitted from ten various form
collection centres across the country. In the Kathmandu valley, the
forms can be submitted to Bed Bidhyashram Sanskrit Secondary School in
Gaushala, Kathmandu Valley HSS in Maharajgunj, Laboratory HSS in
Kirtipur, Mahendra Aadarsha HSS and Chyasal ground in Balkumari,
Lalitpur. DoFE officials said applicants living outside the Valley can
submit their forms at collection centres established in Dharan,
Janakpur, Butwal, Pokhara and Dadheldhura. An applicant has to pay USD
24 (around Rs 2,400) to submit the form. Only those who are aged 18-39
years are eligible to attend the language test.
The language test, however, is becoming more competitive as attraction
towards Korean job is on the rise every year. The pass rate of the test
witnessed a sharp decline after the curriculum was changed. Of the total
62,514 applicants, including 6285 female candidates, for the test last
year, only 3,663 (6.2 percentages) were successful. It is still unknown
how many workers South Korea plans to hire from Nepal in 2016. The quota
is expected to be made public by the end of this year. South Korean
Human Resources Department had allocated 5,300 job quotas to Nepali
workers in 2015, 5,700 in 2014 and 5,234 in 2013. The country hires
unskilled labourers in manufacturing, agriculture and farming sectors.
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