Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1999, published 88th ILC session (2000)

1. The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in reply to its 1994 direct request. The Government indicates that the draft legislation for the formation of the National Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training has been completed and approved by Cabinet and should shortly be presented to Parliament. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would include in its next report further details on the steps taken for the implementation of the Convention through the enactment of the said legislation. Please also report on any progress made to adopt and develop comprehensive and coordinated policies and programmes of vocational guidance and vocational training, closely linked with employment, in particular through public employment services, as required by Article 1 of the Convention.

2. The Committee notes the Government's statement that the Board of Industrial Training has recognized the gender disproportion in the annual output of graduate apprentices and that initiatives had been explored to improve the situation. The Committee trusts that the Government will include in its next report any information available on the progress achieved by the initiatives taken to encourage and enable women to develop and use their capabilities for work in their own best interests and in accordance with their own aspirations, as required by Article 1, paragraph 5, of the Convention.

3. The Committee notes with interest the indications provided by the Government on the activities carried out by the Adult Education Association. It trusts that the next report will also contain further information on the measures taken or envisaged to ensure that comprehensive information and the broadest possible guidance are available to children, young persons and adults, in accordance with Article 3.

4. Please provide extracts or reports and other data available with respect to training policies and programmes relating to particular areas or branches of economic activity or to particular groups of population, as requested by Part VI of the report form.