Promoting the effectiveness of the recruitment policy

(Baonghean) - From 2008 to now, Nghe An province has 439 students, mainly ethnic minority students, sent to study at universities and colleges. This is an opportunity for ethnic minority children to study, acquire knowledge and possibly work in the locality. However, the current situation is that nearly half of these students have not found jobs after graduating.

Informatics practice at Nghe An Ethnic Boarding High School. Photo: Dinh Nhat

Graduated from the college system of Vinh Medical University in 2011, however, after 3 years of graduation, Vy Thi May in Mac village, Thach Giam commune, Tuong Duong district has not been recruited. Due to difficult family circumstances, May has to stay at home to work on the farm and collect firewood for a living. Although her father is a 2/4 class disabled soldier, a priority subject, her family has written to the authorities at all levels five times asking for job placement, but so far there has been no response. In the same situation, Vu Y Vu, a Mong ethnic in Luu Thong village, Luu Kien commune, was selected to study medicine. After graduating, she could not find a job, wasting several years of study, and followed her husband to Que Phong district. From 2008 to now, Tuong Duong district has had 71 students of the selected system graduating from vocational schools, but the job placement rate is very low. In 2014 alone, Tuong Duong district had 15 undergraduate students graduate, but only 3 were recruited, a very small number.

This is also the common situation in localities in the province. In the past 6 years, out of 439 students of the selection system after graduating, the whole province still has 193 students who have not found jobs as initially committed, of which 117 are university graduates. The reasons given by the localities are that there is no establishment, the job position is not suitable, or the learning quality of the selection system students is still low. According to the Department of Education and Training of Nghe An, implementing Decree 134 of the Government, the selection process of our province is very specific, with clear recruitment targets and criteria. Accordingly, the districts are responsible for developing plans, proposing targets, and forecasting job demand for each training code.

However, local people are concerned that before the recruitment, the districts have written documents about the expected job positions after graduation, but why are the students from the selection system still unemployed? This is a problem that many times, people do not sympathize with the management of the authorities at all levels. Because during the recruitment process, many students have limited qualifications so their study time is prolonged. Meanwhile, in reality at the grassroots level, the innovation process requires enough staff to serve the people. Therefore, many positions cannot wait for the students to come back to work. We also know that this is a "waste" of resources, but if the students from the selection system have enough qualifications and capacity, they can contact jobs anywhere. That is the open policy in implementing the recruitment system of the State. Every citizen needs to understand that, each year, the Government and the province have to spend more than 22 million VND for 1 student of the selection system, including scholarships, tuition fees, money for buying books... That is a great opportunity for the children of the people to study, improve their qualifications, establish themselves, start a career, and contribute to their homeland and country. So, the opposite question is, how have the selection students and the families whose children benefit from that policy promoted the investment of the State?

Regarding this issue, the authorities and local authorities with students are having a "headache" in finding a solution, but in the current trend, students should not wait or rely on others. It must be known that in most other regions, families have to pay for their children's education. Regarding this issue, Mr. Nguyen Manh Ha - Head of the Professional - University Department, Department of Education and Training said: "For students, when the locality sends them to study, there must be a plan to arrange jobs, but the districts have not yet balanced this, leading to a situation where it is difficult to find a job after studying...". However, the opinion of the Ethnic Minorities Committee - one of the members of the Provincial Admissions Council under the admission system is that the recruitment of students under the admission system must clearly divide the responsibilities of each department, branch, industry, and locality. In which the main responsibility still belongs to the Department of Home Affairs. Decree 134 of the Government clearly stipulates that within 6 months, if the locality does not arrange a job, the student has the right to contact work elsewhere without having to pay back any tuition fees to the State. This is a very humane open direction of the recruitment policy.

Mr. Vy My Son - Head of Policy Department - Provincial Ethnic Minorities Committee said: While approving the quota for districts on student recruitment, the Department of Education and Training and the Department of Home Affairs must coordinate closely to determine the need for planning civil servants and public employees, and the employment structure of the districts. In order to promote the preferential policy in recruitment. At the same time, every year the Provincial Recruitment Council needs to closely review the number of districts proposed. Thereby, limiting the waste of investment resources and avoiding putting more pressure on the unemployment situation of students in the recruitment system. In fact, in 2014, the Provincial Recruitment Council reviewed in that direction, the result was that the registration demand was 91 students, but the Council only approved 40 students, and only 24 students were qualified to study in the recruitment system.

Through research, it is known that the situation of students graduating from the university but not having a job is partly due to the fact that the annual recruitment quota registration of the districts does not closely follow the recruitment needs of the localities, leading to supply exceeding demand. Moreover, there is a situation where students graduating from the university do not want to work in remote areas, and also demand job placement in the district center. Mr. Dinh Xuan Lam - Deputy Director of the Department of Home Affairs proposed: "The district must balance the recruitment quota with job placement first, then send it to the province and the province will review it. In this matter, the provincial and district levels need to coordinate more smoothly to promote the effectiveness of the recruitment policy".

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