EPS Korean Language Test Will be Held in 2021:
The Korean language test, which will be entered in South Korea for 2020 through the Employment Permit System (EPS), will be held only in 2021. The process of going to Korea after completing the language and skill test as per the regular schedule has been postponed due to Covid-19.
Kumar Dahal, Director General of the Department of Foreign Employment, said that preparations are being made to conduct the examination in January / February even though there is no immediate examination as the risk of corona remains. He informed that as 90,000 applicants are preparing for the exam to go to South Korea for the year 2020, the exam will be held even if it is seven / eight months later than the regular schedule.
He said the Korean Department of Human Resources (HRD) had indicated that the Korean language test could be postponed for another three to four months as the risk of corona remained high. He said, "We are in touch with HRD. Exams are held as soon as they become comfortable, but it doesn't seem to be easy for three or four months. ”
He added that the HRD, which monitors Korea's EPS, has not yet given any information about the language test, but the test will be delayed. The EPS language test, which started in 2008, was not held in 2012 either.
Although corona infection is under control in Korea, it is increasing in Nepal. Since it is not possible to conduct the examination by gathering thousands of people at such a time, the Nepali side has not taken any initiative to conduct the examination.
According to the EPS branch, since the beginning of the Corona crisis, 1,701 young people have signed labor agreements with Korean employers, but no workers have been able to enter Korea. Even though the visas of 961 visa holders have expired, they have not been able to go to Korea yet. According to the branch, their visa is valid until the second week of November.
Although an average of 8,000 Nepali youths goes to Korea from Nepal annually, only 1,027 Nepalis went to Korea for employment in the first nine months of this year, according to the branch.
In 2019, 7,136 Nepalis went to Korea for employment. So far, 66,872 Nepalis, including 4,020 women and 62,852 men, have gone to South Korea for employment. Currently, there are about 31,000 Nepalis working in Korea.
