Over 74 mln USD for vocational training for rural labourers
As many as 1.7 trillion VND (74.8 million USD) will be spent on a vocational training plan for labourers in rural areas, heard a seminar in Hanoi on November 29.
Hanoi(VNA) – As many as 1.7 trillion VND (74.8 million USD) will be spent on avocational training plan for labourers in rural areas, heard a seminar in Hanoion November 29.
Jointly organised by the Department of Cooperatives andRural Development (DCRD) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Developmentand the Oxfam Vietnam, the event announced a research and consultation report ofthe plan.
DCRD Director Ma Quang Trung said the draft plan to trainagricultural occupations for rural labourers in 2017-2020 is designed to providevocational training courses for 900,000 labourers in rural areas. 80 percent ofwhich is expecetd to find jobs immediately thereafter.
Beneficiarieswill be labourers in rural disadvantaged areas, who will be trained mainly incultivation, breeding, forestation, aquaculture and fishery, agro-forestry andaquatic processing, and salt industry, he added.
The training will alsofocus on sectors to effectively adapt to climate change and maritimeenvironmental pollution, he noted.
To realise the plan, it is necessaryto examine primary training programmes designed in the past, thus updating andadding more contents appropriate to the reality.
Vocational teachers andmanagers will be also supported to improve their expertise and skills, Trungsaid.
Deputy Director of Oxfam Vietnam Pham Thi Le Hoa said the organisationconducted a research in 2014-2016 with the aim of seeking ways to improve theefficiency of short-term vocational training for rural labourers, towardspromoting poverty reduction in ethnic minority areas.
This showed thatthe planning and budget allocation for vocational training has remained limited,while policies supporting the field have yet to be incorporated.
Hoaproposed building a comprehensive policy of vocational training instead ofdifferent policies, and focusing on intensive vocational training for keygroups, in order to fully tap potential and strengths of each locality./.
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