Israel increases caregiver quota for Nepali

Kathmandu, July 26:  Israel has agreed to recruit 2,000 Nepali workers as caregivers in long-term centers.

Earlier, in the second phase, 800 applicants were requested including alternates, but a total of 1,000 main candidates and 1,000 candidates on waiting lists will be recruited.

It is said that an agreement has been signed between Labour, Employment, and Social Security Sharat Singh Bhandari and Israeli Ambassador to Nepal Hanan Godder had signed the agreement in the mystery.  Where Israeli Ambassador to Nepal Godder shared that the number of Nepali workers going to work as caregivers in Israel has increased.     

Earlier, the Foreign Employment Department had requested for 500 main candidates and 300 candidates on the waiting list to be hired as a caregiver in Israel from June 25 to July 26 and it was agreed on that.

 Director General of the Foreign Employment Department Danduraj Ghimire said that the added number will be selected from the currently requested applications. There is an application of 3,000 people for 800 seats so far and 2,000 will be selected from that. The time to apply is until Friday, July 26.

He claimed that there would be discrepancies in the selection process since the language test was conducted in a transparent and fair manner from the beginning of the application.

According to the department, most of the young people selected in the first round will have the opportunity to go to Israel.

According to the department, the application for new ones and the visa and contract agreement for old ones have started to be ramped up with preparations to take Nepali caregivers to the area as there is a shortage of foreign workers in Israel.