While NNMGA continued with its training courses under strict supervision and monitoring of IFMGA, the Technical Director of IFMGA Mr. Reiner Tagliner also came to Nepal for supervision of mountain guide training in 2015.
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For the first time, the IFMGA’s general assembly was held in Nepal. The gathering drew mountain guides from twenty-five different countries. The NNMGA’s transitional period ended in 2017. This was another historic year for NNMGA as the supervision of IFMGA of its training ended with positive results. The IFMGA concluded that the NNMGA’s training fulfilled the requisite criteria.
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The Nepal Government’s National Skill Testing Board under Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training (CTEVT) under its Ministry of Education issued a Level 4 Certificate to 11 NNMGA guides. This is considered as highest rank of skill testing by the CTEVT. For mountain guides, this meant that they are eligible to guide in all mountains around the globe.
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NNMGA was granted authorization by IFMGA to accept international students, particularly from Asian nations. The year also marked the beginning of COVID pandemic.
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NNMGA organized an international bridge course. Three international and two Nepalese participated in the training. Among the three international participants, one has already been enrolled in an aspirant guide course.
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CTEVT Assessor
A group of IFMGA/NNMGA mountain guides who were already certified by the National Skill Testing Board (NSTB) (a subsidiary of the Council of Technical Education and Vocational Training – CTEVT) at Level 4 (graduation level equivalency) successfully completed an Assessor Training for the Skill Testing Board in the mountaineering sector.