Effective vocational training for rural workers

(Baonghean) - In order to help Nghe An escape from poverty and basically become an industrial province by 2020, in recent times, our province has implemented many solutions to develop human resources, in which vocational training for rural workers has been focused on; many vocational training models have brought practical results...

Realizing the importance of human resource development as well as the fact that the rate of untrained workers is still high (over 70%, of which rural workers are over 81%), in recent years, the Provincial Party Committee and Provincial People's Committee have issued many resolutions and policies on human resource development, promoting vocational training, investing in facilities, and building many programs linking vocational training with job creation.

In 2010 - 2011, investment was made to strengthen the infrastructure for public vocational training institutions with a total investment of 139,176 billion VND. etc. With many positive measures, in the period of 2005 - 2010, on average, each year over 60,000 people in the province received vocational training and in 2011 it was 70,000 people.

Bamboo and rattan weaving production brings high economic efficiency in Nghi Thai commune.

In the field of vocational training for rural workers, the province has established steering committees at all levels, conducted surveys on vocational training needs of workers, thereby clearly identifying training sectors and occupations for people in each region, in conjunction with the socio-economic development strategy of each locality to select appropriate training sectors. Mobilizing 48 facilities to conduct vocational training for rural workers in the area, assigning specific targets to departments, branches and organizations. After vocational training, workers are facilitated to borrow capital to develop production, consume products...

Thanks to that, in recent times, our province has had many effective vocational training models for rural workers, contributing to hunger eradication, poverty reduction and economic development. Ms. Lang Thi Hong, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Quy Chau district, said: "The district has directed the restoration and development of the Quy Chau duck breed and assigned Dieu Chau enterprise to teach vocational training on breeding techniques, disease prevention, food supply and consumption of all products.

After 3 years of implementation, 200 farming households have started raising livestock with a total herd of more than 40,000 ducks. Ducks raised for 4 months weigh 2 kg/duck, with a price of 100,000 VND/kg, with an average income of 40-50 million VND/year/household. Currently, the district is focusing on developing the profession of making incense and brocade - these are ways to escape poverty from vocational training associated with product consumption for farmers...". In addition, there is a model of combining production and business with vocational training of Duc Phong - Nghi Phong - Nghi Loc Company Limited. Every year, the company has created jobs for over 700 rural workers and provided materials, raw materials, designs of rattan and bamboo products for export and consumed products.

Up to now, the company has 2,000 workers in craft villages. A typical locality that Duc Phong Company has connected with for vocational training and development is Nghi Thai commune, Nghi Loc district. In 2005, Nghi Thai was still a poor commune. Thanks to the cooperation with Duc Phong Company Limited to restore the bamboo and rattan weaving profession, up to now, 10/11 craft villages in the commune have been restored, people have stable jobs, good income, the poverty rate is 6.5%...

Mr. Nguyen Xuan Phuong - Head of Vocational Training Management Department, Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs said: In the past 2 years, implementing Project 1956 on vocational training for rural workers of the Government as well as policies issued by the province, the training program has gradually moved closer to and in line with practical needs such as: Mountainous areas - developing forestry, silviculture, and large-scale livestock farming; midlands - developing fruit trees, rubber, and dairy farming; coastal areas - developing fishing, aquaculture, and seafood processing, developing small-scale handicraft villages...

For communes with limited agricultural production areas, the direction of livestock raising and non-agricultural occupations for farmers should be shifted... from which vocational training classes are selected based on science and practice. The selected and implemented models have indeed brought real results. Particularly, vocational training for rural workers towards new rural construction in 2012 will be promoted on the basis of shifting vocational training for rural workers from training based on the existing capacity of training institutions to training based on the vocational needs of rural workers and the requirements of the labor market.

Thanh Chung