Training for export workers

Training for export workers

BANDUNG: The West Java office of the Ministry of Manpower and
Transmigration plans to hold a training course to improve the
skills of Indonesians hoping to work abroad, the head of the
office, Sukarto Karnen, said on Saturday.

"The unemployment rate in the province is very high, with some
1.5 million unemployed in 2000. Of this number, one million are
elementary school graduates," he said.

Sukarto said that with such low levels of education, it would
be impossible for most of these people to find work abroad.

"The Association of Labor Exporting Companies must be
responsible for their fate once the workers are sent abroad. They
have to protect them from possible scams or abuses," Sukarto
said.

The course will include training in foreign languages and
technical skills, as well as cultural guidelines. (25/edt)