Category: CDN Activities

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In the beginning of April, 2016 freelance website developer, Patrick volunteered as a webpage developer at CDN for a month. Within those 4 weeks, he developed a full-fledged student assessment online along with making the database more intuitive. In addition, he assessed previously developed sectors such as database, student assessment and provided CDN with valuable advice and suggestions on how to optimize the development process.

More than thirty countries visited, 34 years old German guy was fond of Nepali food, Dhal Bhat, MO: MO, Chat-pat and that the one thing he is going to miss the most about Nepal is its liveliness.  He was work concentrated and never left his Vietnamese cap that looked somewhat like a combat hat. He knew a couple of words in Nepali, but the ones he knew somewhat provided an essence of being a Nepali.  ‘KE GARNE’ was something that will always remind us of Patrick, the phrase that roughly translates to ‘WHAT TO DO’ well describes what every Nepali is going through.  We will miss his introduction of Chat-pat to the CDN team and his contribution will always be online (so it will never be forgotten). His contribution till date has been of highest impact to the team: he did so much in such small frame of time.

We definitely will miss the tall guy!

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  After the hectic first 2 months, that kept the team of Career Disha Nepal incredibly busy, yesterday was a breath of fresh air. A long tiring walk, with water gushing from don’t know where; swaying trees’ shade cooling the hot, bright sun was something we all needed. And midst all that we all unanimously felt that Patrick was the only one who didn’t miss his laptop.

    Hari’s witty jokes about something he had heard 7 years ago from a person he didn’t know brought us a conclusion that ‘सुन्दरी’ (Sundari) was the word-of-the-day. Mr CEO, felt right at home, walking faster than all and his melodious songs felt more of a howl than a song. Sagar, the flex carrier, was doing his job little too well, we supposed as it was missing in most of the action.           The MVP (Most-valuable-player), undoubtedly Inge gave us all a task that was virtually impossible, singing the Nepali national anthem in GERMAN! But with the skill of Sagar and the German fluency of Patrick, we did it. Even Prajan, the youngest member of CDN, (who knows nothing of the vicious nature of the above-mentioned language) sang the national anthem.

We played games, took over 1,000 photos (NATURALLY) and took our descend. The lunch was unmistakably the best part of the trek: Spanish cheese, Inge’s fruit cake and home-made brown bread, Suresh’s recommended yogurt and ever refreshing Kabucha.

What could go wrong? Hari’s bike made a lot of noise, Srijana lost her shawl and Sagar wore a red-tight t-shirt. In short, nothing. It was an amazing day out. Now back to work as the online version of the student assessment is on its way!

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Career Disha Nepal conducted Career Workshop and psychometric Assessment for the six students those recently gave SLC exam, at Forum for the Welfare of Himalayan Children, Bungmati, Lalitpur. Both program led by Career Disha Nepal psychologist, Mr. Hari Krishna Dahal and Joyti Nepal.

The career workshop aimed at creating a mindset for that certain group about the vastness of the job sectors available locally. It was also focused on the tasks, activities as well as the employers involved in various sectors. Similarly, the Interest Based Assessment involved assessment of various sorts like professional orientation, personality traits and educational interest fields.

The session started at 10:00 am last at two hours. The day was filled with experimental games, eye-opening questions as well as a few laughs of astonishment. Similarly, all the children were excited and enthusiasm. The day commenced with group works as well as question sessions and ended with self -reflection from the youth.

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[:en]In the 20^th April 2016, Inge Patsch,  the director of CDN, gave a presentation titled ‘Girls in IT’.  The program of ICT (information communication Technology) in Skills and Education was held at Tri-Chandra Multiple Campus, Kathmandu, Nepal. In this interaction program only girls were allowed to participate as the aim of the program was to encourage and promote girls in the IT related fields. There were five guest lecturers who gave presentation, namely, Inge Patsch from CDN,  Binita Shrestha, Sunita Pandey, Damodar Paudel and Hari Prasad Pokhrel , from SICT Nepal. Mr. Pokhrel was the first presenter who gave insight about the term ICT and what it means. At the same time he addressed how ICT can be empowering and talked in length of its scopes, advantages and disadvantages. He also mentioned that IT is the place where a creative mind can be presented. Second presenter was Ms. Patsch who came with two main messages, the first being girls and boys are equally talented in the IT field. The second one: NERD (Now is the right time to start, Everybody is different, Reading is not all and Develop your skills). She also added her stories about how she fought with the society in Austria in order to achieve her goal. Sunita Pandey, Damodar Paudel and Binita Shrestha discussed about the banner “ICT in Skills and Education”. Miss Shrestha come with idea of Women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) also shared her inspirational story of studying IT, here in Nepal.  She was the only one girl in a class with 150 boys. Sometimes she felt that IT field was not for girl.  But now she graduate in engineering in information and Technology. She was able to win the second award at Presentation Competition conducted by NTA on international girls in ICT day 2015 and also been the title winner of”Empower 2015”as “Young Aspiring Women Leaders”. She was not one girl who facing such a situation it is still prevalence. The program was run by Suwash Khadka and Rashmi Tiwari from the SICT  Nepal (Society for Information Communication Technology). The program started at 10am and end last at 11:30 am. One and half hour program was filled with insightful lecture from the guest, mind opening question and solution. [:]

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On the 1^st of April 2016, Career Disha Nepal held an extensive workshop to 13 young children from grade 8 and 9, at Forum for the Welfare of Himalayan Children, Bungmati, Lalitpur. The introduction workshop aimed at creating a mindset for that certain group about the vastness of the job sectors available locally. It was also focused on the tasks, activities as well as the employers involved in various sectors.

The session started at 11:00 am local time sharp after an hour of preparing flexes, charts and other arrangements. The day was filled with experimental games, eye-opening questions as well as a few laughs of astonishment, similarly, all the children were excited and enthusiasm. The day commenced with group works as well as question sessions and ended with self -reflection from the youth.

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[:en]Today, 3^rd April 2016, Career Disha Nepal successfully conducted psychometric assessment for the 13 children from grade 8 and 9, at Forum for the Welfare of Himalayan Children , Bungmati, Lalitpur.  This psychometric assessment (Interest Based Assessment) was led by our career counselor, Mr. Hari Krishna Dahal. The Interest Based Assessment involved assessment of various sorts like professional orientation, personality traits and educational interest fields.[:]

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From March 25^th to 27^th 2016 there was a three- day conference hosted by AIESEC Nepal, an international youth leadership organization, held at Hotel Taishan, Thamel Kathmandu, Nepal.

On the second day (public involvement), Career Disha Nepal Participated the YouthSpeak Forum event. Jerry Yeh, national vice president of AIESEC Nepal and also responsible for marketing and outgoing exchange, was in charge of the program.  Two speakers, Abhishek Maskey and Barsha Chitrakar Shah, gave presentations on the importance of quality education and sustainable development respectively.

Maskey explained about three pillars, which support quality education:  society, teachers and students. One of the memorable things he said was “...the subject (for +2 studies) will be decided which SLC division you got, not by your interest...” After the presentation, one delegate raised the question about how can we change stereotypical, old fashioned teaching methods and adopt a modern and practical education system. Similiarly, Maskey was also in search of the answer to the raised question! One of the possibilities pointed out was to replace the old traditional teachers with younger ones. Teachers are the key part of students' future. Since the teaching field is subject to rapid changes, teachers need to be constantly updating their professional knowledge and skills, as unskilled teachers may pass poor knowledge to the students. In the 21^st century, world has become more of a global village. Since the new generation are in the competitive world market, students from rural village of Nepal and urban New York ideally should have similar pattern of education. 

It was a great opportunity being a Career Disha Nepal representative. These types of educational programs are always fruitful to CDN to know the present scenario and the perception of students, parents, teachers and society. This hopefully will help us to enhance quality of education.

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Career Disha Nepal successfully completed the psychometric assessment for the 25 young SOS students. This psychometric assessment (Interest Based Assessment) was led by Career Disha Nepal psychologist, Mr. Hari Krishna Dahal and SOS Senior Counsellor, Mr. Bhashkar K.C. The Interest Based Assessment involved assessment of various sorts like professional orientation, personality traits and educational interest fields.

The two psychologists meticulously answered questions from students about their chosen careers as well as other related questions.

[:ne]२२-फागुन-२०७२,शनिवार करियर दिशा नेपालले एस.ओ.एस बालग्रामका २५ जना विद्यार्थीहरुको मनोवैज्ञानिक मुल्यांकन कार्यक्रम सफलतापुर्वक सम्पन्न गर्यो | यस करियर दिशा नेपालका करियर काउन्सलर हरि कृष्ण दाहाल तथा एस.ओ.एस बालग्रामका सिनियर काउन्सलर भाष्कर के.सी को समन्वयमा एस.ओ.एस. बालग्राममा पेशागत दक्षतामा आधारित मुल्यांकन परिक्षण कार्यक्रम गरियो र विद्यार्थीहरुको जिज्ञासा र प्रश्नहरुको सकारात्मक र रचनात्मक दंगले तिनीहरुको भविष्यको पेशाको बारेमा प्रकाश पार्नुभयो | [:]

[:en]On the 20^th of February 2016, Career Disha Nepal held an extensive workshop targeting the young 15 to 17-year-olds in SOS Children’s Village, Bhaktapur. The introduction workshop aimed at creating a mindset for that certain group about the vastness of the job sectors available locally. It was also focused on the tasks, activities as well as the employers involved in various sectors. The session started at 11:00 am local time sharp after an hour of preparing flexes, charts and other arrangements. The day was filled with experimental games, eye-opening questions as well as a few laughs of astonishment. The day commenced with group works as well as question sessions and ended with self -reflection from the youth. “I had earlier expected the students to be shy and reserved. I was also expecting them to be clueless about careers and what they hold. But they participated well and now have a clearer and wider knowledge about the opportunities here in Nepal.” Suresh Kasula “I found with certainty that the introduction of ‘discipline’ is curbing creativity and enthusiasm. It was also evident that if encouraged, students can definitely give something back. It could be said that it is better for teachers to ask ‘what you might prefer’ rather than ‘you should prefer this’, since this might clog their creativity.” Hari Krishna Dahal, Lead Career Coach  [:ne]२० फेब्रुअरी ,करियर दिशा नेपालले आफ्नो उद्देश्य अनुसार एस.ओ.एस भक्तपुरमा करियर परामर्श कार्यक्रम संचालन गर्यो | उक्त कार्यक्रममा १५-१७ वर्षका विद्यार्थीलाई नेपालमा रहेका विभिन्न पेशागत क्षेत्रहरुको बारेमा परामर्श प्रदान गरिएको थियो | विद्यार्थीहरुलाई नेपालमा रहेको विभिन्न पेशाको विविधता तथा तिनका अवसरहरु बारेमा अवगत गराउनु यसको मुख्य उद्देश्य रहेको थियो, साथै विभिन्न पेशाको लागि चाहिने सिप, क्रियाकलाप तथा रोजगारदाता,तथा संस्थाहरुको बारेमा पनि विस्तृत रुपमा चर्चा गरिएको थियो | कार्यक्रम बिहान ११ बजे शुरु भई ४ घन्टा सम्म चलेको थियो | विद्यार्थी र शिक्षकहरुले विभिन्न पेशागत क्षेत्रहरुमा भएका उपलब्धिहरुको बारेमा जानकारी तथा विद्यार्थीहरु माझ रहेका विभिन्न किसिमका जिज्ञासाहरुको रचनात्मक तथा सिर्जनात्मक दंगले व्याख्या गरि समाधान गर्नु भयो | “मलाई लागेको थियो कि विद्यार्थीहरु कार्यक्रममा त्यति इच्छुक भएर सामुहिक रुपमा संलग्न हुँदैनन् र लजाएर बस्छन | विद्यार्थीहरुमा आफ्नो इच्छा र शिक्षाको बारेमा धेरै अन्योलमा होला जस्तो लागेको थियो तर विद्यार्थीहरुले धेरै रमाइलोसंग सामुहिकरुपमा नेपालमा पाइने पेशाहरुको जानकारी हासिल गरे र तिनीहरुले नेपालमा रहेका करियरको बारेमा पनि प्रश्नहरु उठाए |” सुरेश कासुला “ अनुशासनको कारणले कल्पना गर्न सक्ने र सोच्ने क्षमताहरु घट्दै गएको पाए | कार्यक्रममा यो पनि पुष्टि भयो कि, विद्यार्थीहरुलाई प्रोत्साहन दियो भने तिनीहरुले धेरै कुरा सिक्न सक्छ | विद्यार्थीहरुलाई ‘तिमीले यो काम गर्नुपर्छ’ भन्दा पनि ‘यो काम गरे कसो होला’ भन्ने सोच अंकुरण गर्नु पर्ने आवश्यक देखें |” हरि कृष्ण दाहाल [:]

'The exploration of internal talent is the chief aim of education'.

Every individual is different from one to the next. The thought process, ability, personality are distinctive to every individual. Every person is somewhat born and brought up with some unique abilities. In place of giving priorities to the abilities that are innate in them, Nepali youth are almost forced to be ‘educated’ in a talent supressing environment. It is most unfortunate that students give way for their parents’, societies’ wants and needs while rejecting their own interests and passion. One of the reasons for this position is the limited financial support and increasing personal/family issues. Above that, majority of cases are those where the students are unaware of their abilities, inadequacies as well as their passion thus inevitably are left stranded.

We aim to provide a direction for all those youth who are uncertain about their inner passion, have limited knowledge about the educational fields as well as the career path they should choose so that it is advantageous for them in the near future. It is all possible with a research that has been computerized into an Online Test that helps the youth recognize his/her underlying capabilities. This Online Test analyses the simple yet sophisticated answers provided by the students to give various calculation that will finally display suitable career path for students and their vital educational requirements. This is possible as we have a data base of 350+ professions and more than 1000 educational institutes including various vocational institutes and numerous training centres. This technology was initially developed in various European nations run by their respective governing body. We have adapted that system from the scratch to suit our Nepali students, out-of-school and youth as a whole through the information provided by 3000+ experts across Nepal.

After the completion of this assessment, students will receive an extensive list of educational possibilities across Nepal for each of the compatible profession that was analysed. Furthermore, the student will also receive a wide range of specialized information regarding the difficulties, opportunities and perimeter of the career sector he/she is well-suited with. This computer based assessment creates an environment which we hope will be a guided-direction for their otherwise drifting career paths.