Government to spend $1.82 billion for rural vocational training
Of this amount, VND31.15 trillion has been earmarked for the training and buying of equipment for vocational training establishments, and the rest for intensive training for commune officials, Deputy Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs Dam Huu Dac said at a government press briefing.
The plan envisages providing training to 830,000 rural workers by next year. From 2011-15, 4.7 million more rural residents are expected to undergo training, and 500,000 officials will attend refresher courses in administration, socioeconomic management, among other subjects. The figures for the five subsequent years will be 5.5 million and 500,000. The training, with poor, ethnic minority and disabled people to especially benefit, will be in areas like irrigation, drainage, rural hygiene, farm and cooperative management, and agriculture services. There will also be courses in nonagricultural areas like science and technology, production and processing, health, social services, tourism and handicrafts.
All vocational training establishments will be mobilized for the program. At least 70% of the people undergoing the vocational training are expected to get jobs, Dac said.
Officials, chairpersons and vice chairpersons of commune people’s committees will attend refresher courses in development planning at the communal level, management of the agricultural economy, preservation of farm produce, prevention of natural disasters, implementation of rural social welfare measures, and other skills.
Poor, disabled and ethnic minority trainees and those whose farmlands have been taken over by the authorities will get a maximum assistance of VND3 million for training fees, VND15,000 daily for food, and VND200,000 as traveling allowance.
Others will get a subsidy of VND2 million for their training fees. Now only 18.7% of rural residents receive vocational training compared with the national average of 25%, according to the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs.
In the Red River delta, 19.4% of rural workers get training, while the percentages are 17.9% in the Mekong Delta and 8.3% in the northwestern region.
Most vocational training establishments are concentrated in urban areas. In rural, remote and mountainous areas, there are only a few small establishments that offer training of modest quality.
The plan envisages providing training to 830,000 rural workers by next year. From 2011-15, 4.7 million more rural residents are expected to undergo training, and 500,000 officials will attend refresher courses in administration, socioeconomic management, among other subjects. The figures for the five subsequent years will be 5.5 million and 500,000. The training, with poor, ethnic minority and disabled people to especially benefit, will be in areas like irrigation, drainage, rural hygiene, farm and cooperative management, and agriculture services. There will also be courses in nonagricultural areas like science and technology, production and processing, health, social services, tourism and handicrafts.
All vocational training establishments will be mobilized for the program. At least 70% of the people undergoing the vocational training are expected to get jobs, Dac said.
Officials, chairpersons and vice chairpersons of commune people’s committees will attend refresher courses in development planning at the communal level, management of the agricultural economy, preservation of farm produce, prevention of natural disasters, implementation of rural social welfare measures, and other skills.
Poor, disabled and ethnic minority trainees and those whose farmlands have been taken over by the authorities will get a maximum assistance of VND3 million for training fees, VND15,000 daily for food, and VND200,000 as traveling allowance.
Others will get a subsidy of VND2 million for their training fees. Now only 18.7% of rural residents receive vocational training compared with the national average of 25%, according to the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs.
In the Red River delta, 19.4% of rural workers get training, while the percentages are 17.9% in the Mekong Delta and 8.3% in the northwestern region.
Most vocational training establishments are concentrated in urban areas. In rural, remote and mountainous areas, there are only a few small establishments that offer training of modest quality.
