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REPORT
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made by the Government
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in accordance with article 22
of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation, on the measures taken to give effect to the provisions of the
PAID EDUCATIONAL LEAVE CONVENTION, 1974
ratification of which was registered on
I. Article 5 of the Convention provides:
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The means by which provision is made for the granting of paid educational leave may include national laws and regulations, collective agreements, arbitration awards, and such other means as may be consistent with national practice.
Please list the national laws and regulations, collective agreements, arbitration awards, or other texts which provide for paid educational leave as defined by the Convention. Where this has not already been done please forward copies of these laws, etc., to the International Labour Office with the report. Please give any available information concerning the extent to which these laws and regulations have been enacted or modified to permit of, or as a result of, ratification.
II. Please indicate in detail for each of the following Articles of the Convention the provisions of the above-
mentioned laws and regulations, or other measures under which each Article is applied.
If in your country ratification of the Convention gives the force of national law to its terms please indicate by virtue of what constitutional provisions the ratification has this effect. Please also specify what action has been taken to make effective those provisions of the Convention which require a national authority to take certain specific steps for its implementation, such as measures to define the purposes for which and the conditions on which paid educational leave may be granted, and to provide for the financing of such leave.
If the Committee of Experts or the Conference Committee on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations has requested additional information or has made an observation on the measures adopted to apply the Convention, please supply the information asked for or indicate the action taken by your Government to settle the points in question.
Article 1
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In this Convention, the term “ paid educational leave means leave granted to a worker for educational purposes for a specified period during working hours, with adequate financial entitlements.
Article 2
Each Member shall formulate and apply a policy designed to promote, by methods appropriate to national conditions and practice and by stages as necessary, the granting of paid educational leave for the purpose of:
(a) training at any level;
(b) general, social and civic education;
(c) trade union education.
Please indicate how the policy to promote the granting of paid educational leave for the purposes specified in the Convention has been formulated in your country, and supply any texts (government statements, etc.) by which it was formulated.
Please describe the methods by which this policy is implemented.
Article 3
That policy shall be designed to contribute, on differing terms as necessary:
(a) to the acquisition, improvement and adaptation of occupational and functional skills, and the promotion of employment and job security in conditions of scientific and technological development and economic and structural change;