NEOM Academy Set to Receive 1,000 Students

NEOM Academy via SPA
NEOM Academy via SPA
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NEOM Academy Set to Receive 1,000 Students

NEOM Academy via SPA
NEOM Academy via SPA

NEOM launched on Tuesday its first initiative to train national cadres to work in NEOM Project which will take place through " NEOM Vocational Diploma Ending with in Employment" program that aims to improve the technical skills of more than 6,000 trainees in the upcoming five years.

It also aims to localize jobs in NEOM’s different sectors and to involve them in the building of the largest project of its kind in the world.

The program in it’s 1st year will receive 1,000 students in three fields: Tourism, hospitality and cybersecurity.

The students will receive the training in NEOM Academy, that was launched in January 2020, in partnership with the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC) and the University of Tabuk.

The program will support the objectives of the Saudi Vision 2030, developing the national manpower in different fields which will promote the growth of non-oil local production.

Director of NEOM Eng. Nadhmi Al-Nasr said that empowering competent people is one of the objectives of NEOM, expressing his satisfaction to witness the launching of the project that will enable citizens of this nation to participate in building NEOM project.

He also extended thanks to all partners who contributed to the launch of the academy.

NEOM Vocational Diploma Ending with in Employment" program is of the programs that NEOM launched to build the capacity of the community.



Nepal Waives Climbing Fees for Some Peaks to Lure Mountaineers

FILE PHOTO: Mountaineers practice walking on a ladder during a training session at Everest base camp, Nepal April 15, 2025. REUTERS/Purnima Shrestha/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Mountaineers practice walking on a ladder during a training session at Everest base camp, Nepal April 15, 2025. REUTERS/Purnima Shrestha/File Photo
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Nepal Waives Climbing Fees for Some Peaks to Lure Mountaineers

FILE PHOTO: Mountaineers practice walking on a ladder during a training session at Everest base camp, Nepal April 15, 2025. REUTERS/Purnima Shrestha/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Mountaineers practice walking on a ladder during a training session at Everest base camp, Nepal April 15, 2025. REUTERS/Purnima Shrestha/File Photo

Nepal will waive climbing fees for nearly 100 peaks in the remote northwestern Himalayas for the next two years to try and lure more mountaineers to the less developed region bordering China, an official said on Monday.

The country has opened 491 of its peaks but climbers typically focus on around 25 in the northeast and central parts of Nepal, including the world’s highest peak Mount Everest, which hundreds scale every year, Reuters reported.

Tourism Department official Himal Gautam said the decision to waive permit fees to 97 peaks, ranging from 5,870 meters (19,258 feet) to 7,132 meters (23,398 feet) in Nepal’s Karnali and Far Western provinces, was aimed at promoting mountaineering on smaller mountains in remote areas.

"The idea is to encourage climbers to go to unexplored yet scenic areas and mountain peaks," Gautam told Reuters.

Nepal has just increased the fees it will charge from September for permits to $350 for a smaller mountain, from a previous $250, to $15,000 for Everest from $11,000.

Gautam said the permit fee waiver would help promote tourism and improve economic conditions for people in the least developed areas of Nepal.

Mountain climbing and trekking are the main attractions for tourists and a key source of income and employment in the cash-strapped nation.