Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2013, published 103rd ILC session (2014)

Paid Educational Leave Convention, 1974 (No. 140) - Nicaragua (Ratification: 1981)

Articles 2 and 3 of the Convention. Policy to promote paid educational leave. The Committee notes the Government’s report received in August 2013, which describes the functions of the National Technological Institute (INATEC) and the technical training possibilities that it offers. The Government also indicates that it is continuing to promote policies for supporting micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises with programmes for credit, technical assistance and vocational training. The Committee notes the detailed statistics supplied by the Government relating to enrolment for and completion of training events, by training mode and by sex, for the 2007–12 period and relating to workers participating in INATEC activities. The Committee invites the Government to include information in its next report on the measures taken to promote the granting of paid educational leave, in accordance with Articles 2 and 3 of the Convention. The Committee also invites the Government to continue to supply information on the application of the Convention in practice, as required by Part V of the report form.

Article 4. Coordination of policy promoting paid educational leave with general policies on employment. The Government indicates in its report that the “National plan for human development 2012–16” continues to prioritize economic growth, with an increase in employment, reduction of poverty and inequalities, and with macro-economic stability, sovereignty, security and integration in harmony with the environment, for the benefit of Nicaraguan families. The Committee invites the Government to indicate in its next report the measures taken to coordinate national policy on paid educational leave with general policies concerning employment, education, training and hours of work.