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proposing the issue of the expatriate workforce as an item for discussion in the
National Assembly and calling for measures to reduce its size. As the NTTA
has been entrusted with the main responsibility for ensuring that the Bhutanese
youth are not constrained in finding employment due to lack of appropriate
technical skills, it has initiated a number of activities to build a trained, skilled,
and technically competent manpower base in the country.
First, as tourism which is one of the bigger industry in the private sector,
requires well-trained staff, plans are already underway to establish a specialized
training center in the near future.
Second, as contractors are mostly employing expatriate workers, a center to
train Bhutanese in the required skills will be established.
Third, as the number of automobiles in the country is increasing rapidly as a
result of the economic development, the present National Driving Training
Institute would be upgraded and redesigned to cover driving training in all types
of vehicles.
Fourth, in line with the Government’s policy of promoting the country’s age-old
tradition and culture, the Zorig Chusum Institute was established in Trashi
Yangtse to promote the traditional arts and crafts. Similarly, the existing Zorig
Chusum Institute in Thimphu has also been strengthened and it continues to
impart training.
The Minister reported to the Assembly that in keeping with the needs of the
present times, training in computers and other skills are being imparted by the
Royal Institute of Management. Most Bhutanese have a predilection for white-
collared jobs and while there is nothing wrong with that, it has to be taken into
account that not everybody can become an officer. There are only a limited
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