Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1993, published 80th ILC session (1993)

Human Resources Development Convention, 1975 (No. 142) - Guyana (Ratification: 1983)

The Committee notes the brief information supplied by the Government following its previous direct request. It notes that consultations are currently taking place with a view to the formation of a Technical Education Council, which would take over the functions of the Board of Industrial Training and the Technical and Vocational Training Division of the Ministry of Education. The Committee requests the Government to supply further information in its next report on the progress achieved in this respect, and to specify the manner in which the objectives set out in Article 1 of the Convention are taken into account.

With reference to its previous direct requests, the Committee trusts that the Government's next report will contain the information required by the report form on the measures which have been taken or are envisaged to ensure that comprehensive information and the broadest possible guidance are available to children, young persons and adults, in accordance with Article 3. Please also provide a copy of the Board of Industrial Training's Annual Report, referred to by the Government in its report, and supply the information requested previously concerning the activities and programmes of the Adult Education Association and the Institute of Adult and Continuing Education, and the other technical institutes mentioned by the Government in its previous reports.