Nghe An promotes lifelong learning activities among workers in enterprises

The People's Committee of Nghe An province has just issued plan No. 283/KH-UBND on implementing the Program "Promoting lifelong learning activities among workers in enterprises by 2030".

The plan of the Provincial People's Committee identifies the general goal of continuing to promote the movement of regular learning and lifelong learning among workers, contributing to the development of human resources, especially high-quality human resources to meet the requirements of the fourth industrial revolution and international integration.

Specific indicators:

On politics and law:Strive to reach 80% by 2025, and over 95% by 2030 of workers in enterprises to be propagandized, disseminated, studied, and thoroughly understood the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's laws and policies, and the directions of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial People's Committee related to workers, associated with theoretical contents on the functions and tasks of the working class and the Vietnam Trade Union.

Workers work in a garment company in the Thap - Hong - Ky Industrial Cluster (Dien Chau). Photo: Minh Quan

About professional skills:Annually, 50 - 75% (striving to reach 60% by 2025, and 75% by 2030) of workers in enterprises participate in training to improve their professional skills and qualifications.

About life skills:Annually, 60-80% (striving to reach 70% by 2025, and 80% by 2030) of workers at enterprises participate in learning life skills education content.

On the application of information technology and digital technology:Annually, 50-70% (striving to reach 60% by 2025, and 70% by 2030) of workers in enterprises are popularized about information technology and digital technology.

About the learning model:Annually, 30-50% (striving to reach 40% by 2025, and 50% by 2030) of workers at enterprises will achieve the title of "Learning Citizen" issued by competent authorities.

With the set goals, the Provincial People's Committee identified the following tasks and solutions to be implemented: Strengthening propaganda, dissemination, and raising awareness of lifelong learning, contributing to building a learning society, focusing on responding to Lifelong Learning Week,Vietnam Book and Reading Culture DayEvery year; propagate, popularize, and mobilize workers to strive to achieve the title of "Learning Citizen", to have digital skills to be able to search, use, and share information on the digital environment and the internet; promptly commend, honor, and reward exemplary workers and their children who are studious; replicate good models and good practices among workers.

Implement measures to support workers to study regularly to improve the quality and effectiveness of lifelong learning such as supporting workers to study, train, and improve their professional qualifications and skills; mobilize businesses to prioritize funding for encouraging learning and improving skills; create the best conditions to support workers to participate in lifelong learning; annually organize provincial-level vocational competitions for major and popular occupations in Nghe An.

Industrial electricity vocational class at Bac Nghe An Economic - Technical College. Photo: Minh Quan

Promote research on the application of information technology and digital technology in organizing lifelong learning activities for workers, including diversifying learning forms and methods; and promoting distance learning.

Organize emulation movements, campaigns, and activities to support the promotion of lifelong learning among workers, focusing on launching emulation movements to study and improve professional skills associated with emulation of good workers and creative workers among workers; encourage enterprises to organize competitions to improve workers' skills and compete for good workers in the unit; mobilize, encourage, and negotiate with employers to include the content of improving education and skills for workers in collective labor agreements, regulations and rules of enterprises and units...

Strengthen coordination between levels, sectors, educational institutions, vocational training institutions, and enterprises in organizing workers to learn and research legal knowledge, professional skills, life skills, basic theoretical contents about the working class and Vietnamese trade union organizations...; propagate, mobilize and support, and create conditions for workers to study to improve their qualifications and professional skills.