Deputy Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs works in Nghe An

(Baonghean) -On November 9 and 10, a working delegation from the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs led by Deputy Minister Nguyen Ngoc Phi visited Nghe An to discuss the implementation of the vocational training project for rural workers in the province.

Receiving and working with the delegation, on the provincial side, there was comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, and leaders of a number of provincial departments and branches.

After spending time inspecting and supervising the vocational training situation at Vinh University of Technical Education; Thanh Duong commune, Thanh Chuong district; export rattan and bamboo production facility and handicraft vocational training center of Duc Phong Company Limited, the delegation had a working session with the leaders of the Provincial People's Committee.

At the meeting, comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong reported on some highlights in the process of implementing the vocational training project for rural workers in the province in recent times. In particular, the awareness of all levels, sectors, socio-political organizations and workers on vocational training has been raised to a new level with the viewpoint of teaching and learning vocational skills to shift the labor structure, transform the economic structure, improve workers' income, improve their lives, and actively contribute to the Party and State's policy of hunger eradication and poverty reduction. From there, vocational training has been promoted and many rural workers have been attracted to participate in learning. In just 10 months of 2011, Nghe An has opened 186 vocational training classes for rural workers with nearly 6,000 trained workers; of which 70% have stable jobs with an average income of 1.5 million VND/person/month. Through that, it has created opportunities for many workers to find jobs, increase their income, and contribute significantly to the shift in labor economic structure and socio-economic development of the province.

However, in the process of implementing the vocational training project for rural workers, Nghe An also encountered some difficulties and limitations. Some localities have not really paid attention to the training of rural workers. A part of workers do not fully understand the necessity and benefits of vocational training, especially workers in remote areas. Local vocational training facilities still face difficulties in facilities and specialized staff, leading to failure to meet the requirements of vocational training and apprenticeship for workers. The coordination relationship between enterprises and vocational training facilities in the contract of employment after training is still limited.

Concluding the meeting, Deputy Minister Nguyen Ngoc Phi acknowledged Nghe An's efforts in implementing the vocational training project for rural workers. He said that in order to continue implementing the project effectively, in the coming time, the province needs to pay attention to selecting training occupations that are suitable to the requirements of each locality and the needs of learners, especially traditional occupations, attracting many workers to participate, taking advantage of more free time and especially bringing high economic efficiency. Focus on improving the quality and training methods; calculating the time and methods of vocational training appropriately; expanding and diversifying training types; linking training with job creation. The Deputy Minister suggested that Nghe An should promote and replicate more closed vocational training models, linked with job creation after vocational training for workers to improve the effectiveness of the vocational training project for rural workers. Strengthening the supervision and inspection of project implementation in localities to promptly remove difficulties and problems, contributing to hunger eradication and poverty reduction, and ensuring social security.

Minh Chi