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TRAINING POLICY
1.INTRODUCTION
Human resources or people are the most important economic
asset of a country. They are the real wealth of any nation.
Without them there can be no development. Too many
people, however, can be an obstacle to development.
2.BACKGROUND
At the macro-level, the Government of the Republic the Fiji
Islands has in the last few decades supported policies favoring
import substitution, internal self-sufficiency and heavy
government involvement in the economy.
3.DIFINITION OF VOCATIONAL
EDUCATION
To assist in the development of this policy it will be necessary to
draw some clarifications as to the definition of this seemingly
misconstrued field in human resources development.
Vocational education has diversified over the 20th century and now
exists in industries such as retail, tourism, information technology,
funeral services and cosmetics, as well as in traditional crafts and
cottage industries.
Securing decent jobs for the estimated 17,000 job seekers is one of
the major challenges for Government. This requires high economic
growth. It is important to note that growth in output and hence
employment, would have been higher if investment had remained at
pre 1987 levels. Creating the right business environment for
investment is clearly needed to secure jobs for school leavers.
The political instability and law and order problems transpired from
the crisis, resulted in low business and tourism confidence. The
growing uncertainty and lack of investment lead to fewer
employment opportunities and thus more unemployment and under-
employment.
Considering the pace of emigration since the late 1980s, the rate of
labour force participation of women, the Public Service employment
rate, the trend of private formal sector investment, it is forecast that
the annual number of new labour force entrants will outstrip
employment opportunities in the formal sector by more than double
over 2003-2007 period. (See Appendix Table 1).
o Promote rural non-farm activities that offer potential for income and
employment-generation.
Within the formal sector, it is the Public Service, where over two-
thirds of middle and high level workers with the requisite tertiary
level education and training are employed, that suffers the most
from manpower shortages. Some 10 per cent of all established
posts in the Public Service are vacant due to inability to recruit and
particularly to retain professional and technical personnel required,
such as medical doctors, nurses, engineers, and scientists.
However, it has been reported that 30,000 persons have also taken
up residence in Fiji between 1987 and 1998, which has helped to
offset the much larger gross outflow. In addition work permits and
contracts have been continuously issued to expatriates to do
business and take up various employments in Fiji.
Ministry of Education
(Autonomous VET
Executive Council)
2003 - 2007
Males
Level of Education No. of School Pct Economically Nos. Seeking
Leavers Active (Est)(LFPR) Employment
Note:
LFPR for Primary School through Form 2 is that for out-of-school male youth
aged 15-19 with primary school level education as reported by 1996 Population
Census, Table OCC-5M. LFPR for Form 3 through Form 6 is that for out-of-
school males aged 15-19 with secondary school level education as reported by
1996 census in same table. LFPR for post secondary leavers is that for out-of-
school males aged 20-24 with post secondary level education, also as reported
in Table OCC-5M.
Source: Table 1 (for school leavers) and as calculated from provisional 1996
census results, Table OCC-5M.
APPENDIX TABLE 3
Females
Note: LPRS are those for out-of-school females, using methodology applied for males in
Table 2, utilising 1996 census data.
Source: Table 1 (for school leavers) and as calculated from provisional 1996 census results,
Table OCC-5F.
APPENDIX TABLE 4
Pct. distribution of
total 0.0 0.1 2.0 20.7 68.9 1.7 6.6 100.0
Source: William J. House and William H. Bartsch, “Exploring the Dynamics of Fiji’s Formal
Sector Labour Market: Results of the 1997 Employment and Training Survey of
Establishments”(Suva: August 1998), Table 15.
Occupation Group None Class Forms Forms Forms Certificate/ University Total
1-6 1-2 3-5 6-7 Diploma
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