Kathmandu, March 30:

The second and last day of Korean Language Test (KLT), one of the key processes of getting job in South Korea under employment permit system (EPS), completed here peacefully today.

“The exam was peaceful,” said Keshar Bahadur Baniya, director general at the department of labour and employment promotion.

Out of around 31,000 aspirant jobseekers applied for the KLT, 18,000 appeared in the exam yesterday and the rest appeared today.

The exam centres were fixed in the 18 centres in Kathmandu valley only.

It was jointly arranged by EPS section of DoLEP and the Human Resource Department of Korea but conducted by the Tribhuvan University (TU). The applicants appeared for the written as well as listening and reading test for EPS-KLT.

South Korea has emerged as the most preferred destination for Nepali jobseekers because of better earnings and cheaper initial cost to get job under EPS.

Nepal and South Korea had signed a memorandum of understanding in July last year. The agreement has set proficiency of the Korean language as a major condition of eligibility for employment in South Korea.