Eight thousand four hundred and ninety people have passed the sixth Korean language test conducted under the Employment Permit System (EPS) this year.

Five thousand eight hundred and seventeen candidates have passed the test for employment in South Korea under the EPS in the production sector while 2,673 passed the test for employment under the agriculture and animal husbandry sector.

All those passing the language test will be eligible for the skills test. The health examination, collection of the employment application form and skill testing and related works of the people passing the language test will be conducted from November 17. Detailed information regarding this would be published later on, the EPS section stated.

Those passing the exam can only fill the employment form after submitting Machine Readable Passport (MRP), the police report and medical clearance certificate, according to the Section.

The results can be seen on the office's notice board and the website (www.dofe.gov.np) of the Department of Foreign Employment, Nepal as well as in the website of the Human Resources Department of Korea (www.eps.gov.kr) and in the website of the EPS Korea Department.

Of the total 52,137 filling the form for the language test, only 43,406 had taken the exam on 19 and 20 September last year.