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Bhutanese workforce and in generating employment opportunities. We will focus on market driven skills development
Pledges:
to facilitate immediate employment of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) graduates in the industry.
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We shall develop long term National Workforce Plan to map jobs and forecast the labor market.
We shall come up with 11 special agship programs that will spur economic growth and create at least 10,000 jobs in the next ve years.
We shall support every youth to secure employment through a dedicated o ce. We shall strive to secure employment to every youth through:
Job placements abroad;
Creating jobs within the country;
Paid internship programs;
Dedicated startup businesses for the youth;
Intensifying vocational training programs for the youth.
We shall provide unemployment and sustenance allowance for youth who have been actively seeking employment for over one year and support them through appropriate measures to get employed.
We shall conduct a comprehensive review of the Overseas Employment Program and explore international labor markets and collaborate with credible employment agencies to secure well-paying and meaningful jobs for our youth.
We shall introduce reintergration program to be implemeted by a dedicated o ce to facilitate jobs creation for Bhutanese returning home after working abroad.
We shall implement Direct Employment Program to ensure jobseekers are readily absorbed in the labor market.
PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC PARTY UNITY. STABILITY. PROSPERITY.