Language training for workers

Language training for workers

BANDUNG: Head of the provincial office of the Ministry of
Health Adnan Mahmoed said here on Monday that his office would
provide a three-month language training program to equip local
medical workers with necessary skills as required by foreign
countries.

Adnan said the province could only send to Kuwait some 100
medical workers this year, or only 10 percent of the country's
actual demand, mainly due to the local workers' poor language
skills.

He added that many potential medical workers had registered
with his office to work abroad because they could earn US$660 per
month under a two-year contract. However, only a few of them
passed the English test and Arabic test to work in Arab
countries.

"They are poor in English, a skill which is required by
foreign countries," he said, while citing that his office
received requests from Arab countries and the Netherlands for
medical workers. (25/lup)