One hundred AFU students to go to Israel under “Learn and Earn” program

June 6, Chitwan: As many as one hundred students studying in the final year of the Bachelor’s program at the University of Agriculture and Forest Sciences (AFU) in Rampur, Chitwan will be going to Israel under the “Learn and Earn” program.

The students are being sent in collaboration with AFU and Ramat Negev International Trading Center of Israel. AFU had formed a selection committee and selected the students to go to Israel.

According to Dr Shiva Chandra Dhakal, Planning Director of the University and Member Secretary of the Selection Committee, one hundred students had been selected to go to Israel under the agriculture “Learn and Earn” Program.

According to Dhakal, 273 students had applied to participate in the program. Out of them, 168 students were selected for an interview through a round-robin.

Out of the 125 participants in the interview, 100 have been selected and 25 have been placed in the alternative.

The students were interviewed in the presence of Hanan Goder, Ambassador of Israel to Nepal, and Dr Kanta Rijal, Ambassador of Nepal to Israel. The students will stay in Israel for 11 months.

An agreement has been reached to get five days of work, one day of study, and one day of leave while staying in Israel.

The Vice-Chancellor of AFU, Prof. Dr Punya Prasad Regmi, said the students would return with the skills and money.

Students will receive their academic degrees from the University only after their return upon passing their final exams.

The University will withhold the educational certificate to prevent the students from staying in Israel.

This is the first time AFU has organized such a program.