100,000 engaged in vocational training & retraining in 2009 - Kazakh Labor Minister
15:34, 7 December 2009
ALMATY. December 7. KAZINFORM. /Daniyar Sikhimbayev/ About 100,000 people were engaged in vocational training and retraining in 2009. KZT 10 billion was budgeted in it. Kazakh Minister of Labor and Social Protection Gulshara Abdykalikova said about it today.
"Creation of jobs through the state co-financing is an important direction of employment of population. Additional KZT 7.6 billion allowed to employ about 120,000 people. Special attention was paid to the issues of youth employment. Out of 50,000 graduates of higher educational institutions that were involved in youth practice 10,000 managed to find permanent jobs in 2009", the Minister noted.
Ms. Abdykalikova said that over 90,000 unemployed were engaged in social works.