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new skills and educate them in various areas to be able to make the country

developed as a whole. Knowledge and education makes a person creative,
responsible, helpful, independent and rational.

But Nepal is suffering from scarcity of human power needed for development.

There are several problems of human resources in Nepal. Some of the problems
are:

Lack of systematic production of manpower,
Lack of vocational and technical institutions,

Inequality between unskilled, semi-skilled and skilled human resources,
Lack of information about scopes, opportunities, possibilities, etc,

Lack of far sighted planning and policies,
Lack of skillful training and practical education system.

It is necessary to develop in the area of science and technology for the economic

development of the country. For this, our country is in need of professionals in
this area. Ample training and opportunities should be provided to the people to
develop in this area. The country should always depend on its own people to
formulate and execute development plans.

Key Terms
Ample : plenty
Floral : of flowers
Hinder : obstruct
Pharmacologist : a specialist in the science of medications
Potential : showing the capacity to develop
Rational : logical thinking

Note to the teacher: Make the students discuss about the unskilled, semi-skilled and skilled human
resource by showing them related charts and pictures.

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