68% of Nghe An university students have no jobs after graduation

On the afternoon of October 17, the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council had a meeting with the Department of Home Affairs under the program of supervising the settlement of voters' petitions in the province. Comrade Cao Thi Hien - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Vice Chairwoman of the Provincial People's Council chaired the meeting. Photo: Mai Hoa

There is no solution to the boundary dispute.

At the meeting, the issue that most concerned the supervisory members was the resolution of administrative boundary disputes in some localities, which, although voters had petitioned many times during many voter meetings, had not been completely resolved.

Emerging are land disputes between people of Chau Ly commune (Quy Hop) and Tan Hop commune (Tan Ky); between Thanh Luong (Thanh Chuong) and Nam Hung (Nam Dan); between Nam Thanh (Nam Dan) and Nghi Cong Bac, Nghi Cong Nam (Nghi Loc).

Director of the Department of Home Affairs Le Dinh Ly said that the Department has coordinated with local authorities to organize many consultations, however, there has not been a common agreement on a solution among the localities.

Director of the Department of Home Affairs Le Dinh Ly said that the resolution of administrative boundary disputes in some localities has not been finalized. Photo: Mai Hoa

The cause of this situation, according to Deputy Head of the Legal Committee of the Provincial People's Council Thai An Chung, is that there is currently no specific procedure for resolving administrative boundary disputes, but only a procedure issued in the 90s of the last century.

Therefore, to completely resolve voters' petitions on this issue, the Department of Home Affairs needs to proactively advise the Ministry of Home Affairs to provide specific instructions on the resolution process.

68% of recruited students do not have jobs

Members of the monitoring delegation also raised issues about the situation of students being unemployed after graduation; the training and placement of ethnic minorities in state administrative agencies and public service units.

According to the representative of the Department of Home Affairs, within 14 years, the whole province had 884 students studying under the selection system; of which 859 graduated and 25 were studying.

It is worth noting that currently 68% of people are unemployed; causing a huge waste of budget resources due to the payment system for recruited students through scholarships and monthly allowances for the subjects and wasting resources.

Civil servants work at the One-Stop Transaction Center in Pha Danh commune, Ky Son district. Illustration photo: Thu Giang

The cause of this situation, in addition to the objective factor of the construction and proposal of initial recruitment quotas from localities not being close to reality, is also subjective because some students do not ensure the correct study and graduation years. University level is 4-5 years, but there are students who study for 6-7 years, some even study for 9 years to graduate.

Therefore, some job positions intended for nominated students have been arranged for others during the time the nominees are studying.

Regarding training and placement of ethnic minorities to work in State agencies, the representative of the Department of Home Affairs informed: The Government issued Decision No. 402/QD-TTg, dated March 14, 2016, approving the Project on developing the team of ethnic minority cadres, civil servants and public employees in the new period.

However, up to this point, the Ministry of Home Affairs has not yet provided guidance on the proportion of ethnic minority officials and civil servants in the government apparatus at all levels to have a basis for implementation.

The Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council also recommended that the Department of Home Affairs pay attention to resolving voters' petitions on surplus teachers; arranging for a shortage of preschool teachers in localities; and resolving policies and regimes for cadres, civil servants, and part-time workers at the commune and hamlet levels after the arrangement and merger.

Concluding the meeting, Vice Chairwoman of the Provincial People's Council Cao Thi Hien requested the Department of Home Affairs to review the opinions and recommendations of voters transferred by the People's Council and People's Committee under its authority to assign specific departments and individuals to focus on resolving and responding specifically to voters.

It is necessary to pay attention to thoroughly resolving administrative boundary disputes at the local level; review and coordinate with the Department of Justice to develop a project to reduce meetings and improve the operational efficiency of the apparatus.

The Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council also requested the Department to consider adjusting the time for assigning educational staff to localities at the beginning of each school year, creating favorable conditions; and study and propose an appropriate proportion of ethnic people in state agencies.