(e) to encourage employers to grant paid educa
tional leave to workers.
9. There should be adequate systems of informa- tion and guidance regarding possibilities of paid educational leave.
10. Adequate arrangements should be made to ensure that the education and training provided are of appropriate quality.
IV. FINANCING
11. The financing of arrangements for paid educa- tional leave should be on a regular and adequate basis and in accordance with national practice.
12. It should be recognised that- (a) employers, collectively or individually, (b) public authorities and educational or training
institutions or bodies, and
(c) employers' and workers' organisations, may be expected to contribute to the financing of arrangements for paid educational leave according to their respective responsibilities.
V. CONDITIONS FOR GRANTING OF PAID Educational Leave
13. Paid educational leave should not be denied to workers on the ground of race, colour, sex, religion, political opinion, national extraction or social origin.
14. Workers should remain free to decide in which education or training programmes they wish to participate.
15. As necessary, special provisions concerning paid educational leave should be established- (a) where particular categories of workers, such as
workers in small undertakings, rural or other workers residing in isolated areas, shift workers or workers with family responsibilities, find it difficult to fit into general arrangements; (b) where particular categories of undertakings, such as small or seasonal undertakings, find it difficult to fit into general arrangements, it being understood that workers in these undertakings would not be excluded from the benefit of paid educational leave.
16. Conditions of eligibility for paid educational leave may vary according to whether such leave is intended for-
(a) training at any level;
(b) general, social or civic education; or (c) trade union education.
17. (1) In determining conditions of eligibility, account should be taken of the types of education or training programmes available and of the needs of workers and their organisations and of undertak- ings, as well as of the public interest.
(2) As regards paid educational leave for trade union education, the workers' organisations con- cerned should have the responsibility for selection of candidates.
(3) The manner in which workers who satisfy the conditions of eligibility are granted paid educational leave should be agreed upon between undertakings or the employers' organisations concerned and the workers' organisations concerned so as to ensure the efficient continuing operation of the undertakings in question.
18. (1) Where trade union education programmes are carried out by the trade union organisations themselves, they should have the responsibility for planning, approval and implementation of the pro- grammes.
(2) Where such programmes are carried out by other educational institutions or bodies, they should be established in agreement between those bodies and the trade union organisations concerned.
19. As required by national or local circumstances or by the circumstances of an undertaking, priority in the granting of paid educational leave should be given to particular categories of workers, or parti- cular occupations or functions, which have espe- cially urgent education or training needs.
20. The financial entitlements of workers during paid educational leave should-
(a) maintain their level of earnings by continued payment of their wages and other benefits, or by adequate compensation therefor, as provided for by national laws or regulations, collective agreements, arbitration awards or such other means as may be consistent with national prac- tice;
(b) take account of any major additional costs of
education or training.
21. A period of paid educational leave should be assimilated to a period of effective service for the purpose of establishing claims to social benefits and other rights deriving from the employment relation, as provided for by national laws or regulations, collective agreements, arbitration awards, or such other means as may be consistent with national practice.