Ninh Thuan (VNA) - Thesouth-central province of Ninh Thuan plans to provide vocational training for2,600 workers living in rural areas this year, with the aim of providing 82 percentof them with jobs.
The provincial People’s Committee haslaunched a vocational training programme for rural workers tomatch practical job requirements, meeting new-style rural standardsand contributing to socio-economic development.
Funding for the programme will be mainlysourced from the State budget for the nationalnew-style rural area programme.
After attending a three-monthtraining course, trainees will be eligible for new jobs andimprove labour skills that can contribute toincreasing labour productivity and income.
The programme will focus more onimproving skills for female workers, especially people with disabilities,and ethnic minorities, poor and near-poor households, policybeneficiaries, and people who have rendered meritorious service to therevolution, or lost their jobs or farmland.
Tran Van Trua, Deputy Director of the provincialDepartment of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, said the departmentwould have policies to support vocational training, and encourageproduction and business models.
“Vocational training for rural workersshould be based on the demands of enterprises and cooperatives,” hesaid.
Application of effective vocationaltraining models, and cooperation with enterprises, traditional tradevillages and specialised farming areas are also needed.
The department and relevant agencieswill work together to choose suitable occupations for training thatcould serve economic and labour restructuring in the agriculturalsector.
The department has set a goal to have atleast 50 percent of agricultural workers trained in enterprises,20 percent in cooperatives and farming areas, and 30 percent in socialsecurity agencies.
The province has 19 public and non-publicvocational education facilities, training 8,500 people each year. Theyprovide training in 13 occupations at college level, 20 occupationsat intermediate level, and 49 occupations at elementary level.
More than 500 enterprises operate in theprovince in the fields of agriculture, forestry and fishery, and 50agricultural cooperatives have high demand for workers./.
