Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Le Tien Chau ordered ministries, agencies and local authorities to urgently review the situation of young people who have no job, are not studying and are not taking part in training programmes. The country has about 1.6 million people aged 15 to 24 in this group.
The instruction is included in Notice No. 523, which records the conclusions of a meeting on reorganising preschool and general education institutions and developing combined boarding schools in border communes.
According to the Statistics Department, about 1.6 million people aged 15–24 were in the “three no” group in the third quarter: without work, education or vocational training.
The Deputy Prime Minister ordered the Ministry of Education and Training, other agencies and local authorities to assess the situation, identify its causes and introduce suitable measures.
The Ministry of Education and Training is to work with the Ministry of Home Affairs and other agencies to improve career guidance and the allocation of students among education pathways. The agencies are also to study support mechanisms for students moving from schools to vocational training or the labour market.
Links between educational institutions, vocational training organisations and businesses should be strengthened to give young people more opportunities to study, gain skills and find work.
Le Tien Chau ordered a shift from focusing only on the number of enrolments and trainees to assessing practical results, including whether graduates can continue their studies, find jobs and adapt to the labour market.
Provinces and cities must review the situation of people aged 15–24 who are not working, studying or in training and identify the reasons. They must pay particular attention to those who dropped out or did not continue after completing lower or upper secondary school.
Local authorities must then prepare specific measures for career guidance, vocational training and job placement. Commune-level authorities, educational institutions and businesses are expected to support young people who want to continue studying, gain skills or enter the labour market.
The Deputy Prime Minister said young people should not leave school without an opportunity to continue studying, receive training or find work.
The measures are intended to improve career guidance and student allocation, while strengthening links between general education, vocational training and labour-market needs.
Sources: Dân Trí
