Vocational training policy for rural youth in Lai Chau province: reality and policy impications

Vocational training for rural youth according to Decision 1956\QĐ-TTg dated November 27, 2009, of the Prime Minister approving the Scheme: “Vocational training for rural youth until 2020” with the goal of vocational training to develop human resources for rural areas as well as to serve the restructuring of agricultural production. Lai Chau has developed and implemented well projects and plans for vocational training associated with job creation. In the period 2011 – 2020, vocational training for more than 61,000 employees job creation for 7,000 laborers\year; in which, training at the elementary level, regularly under 3 months is over 59,000 people; intermediate vocational training for more than 2,000 people. However, studies still show that the achievement of vocational training for rural workers still faces many difficulties, so this article reviews and analyzes data related to networks and facilities, enrollment scale, human resources involved in vocational training, and synthesis of vocational training policies for rural youth in Lai Chau province. The policy system has been a driving force for rural youth to participate in vocational training, but it is not really effective in ensuring job creation and income for apprentices. Therefore, it is necessary to have solutions to encourage product development, development a network of vocational training for employees, increase the proportion of workers through vocational and vocational training, strengthen the capacity of the state management apparatus on vocational training, solutions for vocational education institutions…