Through the Secretariat of the Foreign Employment Board, the Ministry of Labour, Employment, and Social Security has recently issued an important notice for the families of Nepali workers involved in foreign employment.
The government is offering a special scholarship, the Foreign Employment Descendant Scholarship, for the academic sessions of 2080 and 2081. This scholarship is intended for the children of workers who tragically lost their lives, suffered disabilities, or fell seriously ill while working abroad, and who had previously received full financial assistance from the welfare fund.
Eligible students are encouraged to apply for this scholarship by submitting their applications to their current educational institutions. The application must be completed using the format outlined in Schedule (1) of the Foreign Employment Descendant Scholarship Operation Procedure, 2080. The deadline for submission is the end of Ashoj 2081.
For details, please read the official notice given below.
Authority to Submit the Application:
Students should submit their applications in the format prescribed in Schedule 1 of the procedure to the school where they are currently studying by the end of Ashoj 2081. Even if the student's permanent address is elsewhere, documents such as relationship verification and other required documents must be obtained from the Ward Office at their local level and submitted to the school where they are studying.
Target Group for the Scholarship:
- Children of workers who had obtained labor approval, went abroad for foreign employment, and within the prescribed period, passed away, suffered disability, or illness, and received 100% financial assistance from the Foreign Employment Board.
- (100% financial assistance refers to receiving NPR 100,000 between 2065/7/18 to 2068/2/19, NPR 150,000 between 2068/2/20 to 2071/6/30, NPR 300,000 between 2071/6/31 to 2074/4/15, and NPR 700,000 from 2074/4/16 until the application deadline. Those who did not receive the full amount for death or disability compensation are not eligible for this scholarship.)
- Children under 18 years of age studying in any community or institutional school in Nepal, from pre-primary or nursery level up to grade 12, can apply.
- Only children of workers who received the financial assistance mentioned above by the end of Ashoj 2081 will be eligible for the 2081 academic year scholarship.
- Students who had properly submitted their applications for the 2080 academic session but did not receive the amount in the fiscal year 2080/81 will also be eligible for the missed scholarship in this fiscal year.
Documents to be Attached with the Application:
As specified by the procedure, the following documents must be attached:
- A copy of the guardian’s citizenship certificate.
- A copy of the death certificate of the worker who passed away abroad.
- A copy of the worker's passport or a document revealing the passport number.
- A copy of the student’s birth certificate.
- A copy of the relationship certificate between the applicant, guardian, and worker.
- A copy of the student or guardian’s bank account document (checkbook).
- A recommendation letter from the current school.
- A decision of the Education Committee and a recommendation from the relevant local authority.
- For Students Who Properly Submitted Applications in the 2080 Academic Session but Did Not Receive Payment in 2080/81:
a) For 334 individuals who had all documents completed, but payment was not made due to mismatched bank account details as per the Secretariat’s notice dated 2081 Shrawan 25:
- Update the bank account number and details clearly and submit the application to the local authority (Education Branch or Employment Service Center).
b) For 728 individuals who submitted applications within the prescribed period but did not receive payment due to incomplete documents as per the Secretariat’s notice dated 2081 Shrawan 25:
- Submit the application to the local authority (Education Branch) along with all the documents mentioned above that were registered last year at the school and local authority. After verification, the Education Branch will make the entries in the software (FEWIMS) operated by the Employment Service Center or the Board’s focal person for scholarship provision in this fiscal year.
c) For students who submitted their applications through the local authority within the prescribed period and were recommended by the local authority but whose applications were not received at the Board’s Secretariat:
- Submit all required documents, including proof of the Education Committee’s decision by the end of Poush 2080, in person, through a representative, or via mail or courier to the Foreign Employment Board's Secretariat (Administration, Planning, and Monitoring Branch - Room No. 16) by the end of Ashoj 2081 to receive the missed scholarship amount.
d) For cases mentioned in sections (a) and (b) above:
- If the application is received at the local authority, the Employment Service Center will verify and provide the scholarship in the current fiscal year by making additional entries in the FEWIMS system, scanning the documents, and processing them for the fiscal year 2080/81.
e) Students who were studying up to grade 12 or were under 18 years of age and applied for the scholarship in the last academic session but have now exceeded that limit can still submit a missed application following this procedure.
Scholarship Amount:
- Annually, NPR 12,000 will be provided for students studying at the basic level and NPR 16,000 for those at the secondary level.
- The scholarship amount will be provided as a lump sum directly through a bank account, only once per academic year for each student per grade. All eligible children of a worker can receive assistance.
- Responsibilities of Students and Guardians:
- After receiving the notice, study the procedure, prepare all the required documents, and submit the application to the relevant school.
- Responsibilities of the School:
- Disseminate information regarding the Foreign Employment Descendant Scholarship to all concerned students and guardians.