Employment for vulnerable people

October 20, 2011, 10:11 pm

By Maheesha Mudugamuwa

The national strategy on tertiary and vocational education and training (TVET) provision for vulnerable people in Sri Lanka will provide enhanced opportunities for the employment of such groups. The new steps taken will provide better access to quality training, said ILO Sri Lanka.

The National Consultation on Skills Development for Vulnerable Group in 2008 identified six groups as vulnerable groups which needed instant attention to find awareness of vocational training.

The identified groups are disadvantaged women especially those heading households, people with disabilities(mental and physical), disadvantaged youth including school dropouts and former child labourers, poor including people in plantation areas, rural and urban poor, persons affected by conflict including internally displaced persons, ex- combatants and migrant workers.