6.Functions, duties and powers of Council : The functions, duties and
powers of the Council shall be as follows:
6.1 To provide for various teaching, training and research and arrange
for the same, as prescribed for the development of the technical
education and vocational training.
6.2 To give approval for the teaching or operation of the technical
education and vocational training to be established or operated at the
private and non-governmental sectors and provides for facilities and
assistance to be provided to them.
6.3 To maintain affiliation with native universities or educational
institutes in relation to the technical education and vocational
training, and focus of standardized education or training.
6.4 To determine policies on the technical education and vocational
training and submit the same to the Assembly for approval.
6.5 To determine the scope and standards of the technical education and
vocational training programmes.
6.6 To conduct basic level skills and trainings and generate medium
level human resources.
6.7 To establish and operate, or cause to be established and operated
polytechnic schools.
6.8 To enforce, or cause to be enforced, curricula and course books of
vocational training to be given by corporate bodies owned by the
Government of Nepal and non-governmental corporate bodies for
skill development, as determined by the Curriculum and Course-
book Determination Committee.
6.9 To make, or cause to be made, coordination between various training
related programmes.
6.10 To conduct, or cause to be conducted, trainings relating to technical
instructors.
6.11 To make necessary provisions relating to apprenticeship training.
6.12 To make necessary arrangements for training centres, training
package and trainers in order to operate short-term or mobile
training programmes in various places within the areas of technical
schools.
6.13 To make provisions, or cause to be made provisions, relating to
classification, examination and certification of skills.
6.14 To set certification criteria of skills and determine the standards of
skills.
6.15 To harmonize curricula of in-service and pre-service, technical and
vocational training curricula being operated by governmental and
non-governmental bodies, and determine standards of and give
recognition to such trainings at the central level.
6.16 To perform, or cause to be performed, necessary functions for the
generation of basic, medium level and higher level technical human
resources.
6.17 To implement, or cause to be implemented, programmes passed by
the Assembly.
6.18 To bring about assistance from national and international sectors and
mobilize, or cause to be mobilized, assistance received, in a well-
planned manner.
6.19 To give necessary advice to the Government of Nepal for the
technical education and vocational training.
6.20 To make agreements or contracts with native, foreign or
international organization, by obtaining prior approval of the
Government of Nepal.
6.21 To submit annul budget, progress reports, audit reports and other
reports of the Council to the Assembly for approval or endorsement
or information.
6.22 To perform, or cause to be performed such other functions as may be
required for the accomplishment of the objects of this act.