Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1994, published 81st ILC session (1994)

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

1. The Committee notes the succinct information supplied by the Government in answer to its previous direct request. It also notes the 1991 annual report of the Board of Industrial Training and observes that it deals mostly with initial training by means of apprenticeships. In this connection the Committee notes the indication that meetings were being held with a view to setting up a Technical Education Council to take over the functions of the Board of Industrial Training and the Technical and Vocational Training Division of the Ministry of Education. The Committee asks the Government in its next report to provide further information on the progress of these plans, indicating how account is taken of the objectives of Article 1 of the Convention.

2. The Committee notes from the statistical information in the annual report of the Board of Industrial Training that the proportion of female apprentices is low. It would be grateful if in its next report the Government would indicate the measures taken or envisaged, in accordance with Article 1, paragraph 5, 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. The Government is asked to refer in this connection to the Committee's request of 1993 concerning the application of Convention No. 111.

3. With reference to its previous requests, the Committee trusts that the next report will contain the information required by the report form 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. Please also provide the information already requested on the activities and vocational training programmes of the Adult Education Association, the Institute of Adult and Continuing Education and the other technical establishments referred to by the Government in its previous reports.