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Written by Deng Yinglin
2020-04-29 14:45
Last update date: 2020-04-29 14:46The latest audit report was released today (29th). Audit found that the number of young people and ethnic minorities enrolled in the Employees Retraining Board has decreased, and the amount of retraining allowance has not been reviewed for ten years. The daily allowance is only between 30 and 153.8 yuan . In the 50 course final exams audited by the Audit Commission, 20% of the final exams did not meet the requirements, including the sputum extraction skills of the health care worker examination without the test, the accuracy of the extraction of the liquid medicine without the test, or the oral treatment of the wound medical procedures.
Audit recommends that the ERB strengthen the attractiveness of youth training and services for ethnic minorities, increase or decrease training courses in a timely manner, shorten the waiting time for admission and review the amount of allowances, etc. Try to meet the requirements. The Retraining Board agrees with the recommendation, and the Labour and Welfare Bureau will follow up on and support the recommendation.
The audit report shows that the number of young people and ethnic minorities enrolled in the Employees Retraining Board decreased from 2014/15 to 2018/19. (Profile picture)
The enrollment of youth and ethnic minorities both fell
The audit report shows that the number of young people and ethnic minorities enrolled in the Employees Retraining Board declined from 2014/15 to 2018/19 . The number of young people fell by 8.4% from 13,423 in 2014/15 to 10,695 in 2018/19. The number of ethnic minorities fell from 374 in 2014/15 to 225 in 2018/19 (a decrease of 8.4%). Although the number of ethnic minorities enrolled declined and less than 30% of the minority school program was used (from 47% in 2014/15 to 28%), the ERB did not adjust the number of school places.
Waiting time is not up to service pledge, more than 20% of applicants for employment-linked courses are queued for more than four months
Audit also found that as of the end of 2019, there were 52,659 applicants on the waiting list (10.661 people applied for employment-linked courses and 41,998 people applied for non-employment-linked courses). Of the more than 10,000 people who want to join the employment-linked courses, more than two adults have queued for more than 4 months, longer than the promised waiting time; as for more than 40,000 non-employment-linked course applicants, more than 35% Waiting more than 5 months will also exceed the waiting time set by the service pledge.
Hygienist examination without test sputum, oral treatment of wounds
As for the actual operation of the course, the Audit Commission conducted 50 final examinations for the ERB from 2015/16 to 2018/19, and 20% (10 times) of them did not meet the guidelines. If the Audit Commission discovered in 2017/18, an evaluator of the Dim Sum Producer Basic Certificate Course asked the trainees to prepare the filling before the trial, which did not meet the requirements. It involves the training of five trainees from June 2015, but the Bureau has no arrangements. The student retakes the exam.
Hong Kong's population is aging and medical staff are highly sought after, but Audit found that a total of 17 health worker certification courses (Qualification Level 3) for 2015/16 were not conducted in accordance with the guidelines, including sputum extraction without testing one student Skills, the assessor allowed one student to dictate the wound replacement procedure, did not verify the accuracy of the two students in distributing medicine, and did not test whether the amount of medicine extracted was accurate. However, the 17 graduates are regarded as qualified professional health care workers and can serve the elderly in the nursing home. As of March this year, the ERB did not blame the assessors and believed that the problem stems from the unclear guidelines, so it will update the guidelines, but it has not inspected whether the training institutions have improved or arranged another observation.
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The minimum amount of retraining allowance is RMB 30 and maximum RMB 153.8 for 10 years without review
At present, for a seven-day or more employment-linked course, 80% of the attendance rate will be eligible for retraining allowance. However, Audit has pointed out that the daily allowance has not been reviewed since April 2009, and the daily available amount ranges from 30 153.8 yuan. When developing new courses, the proposal submitted by the Training Bureau did not include the availability and comparison of similar courses on the market. The ERB is hoping to assist the public in employment, but the audit report found that the overall retention rate of employment-linked courses has declined, from 64% in 2014/15 to 61% in 2018/19.
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The balance of the retraining fund fell by 10% in five years to only 8.38 billion yuan in 2026
In early 2014, the Hong Kong government injected 15 billion yuan into the employee retraining fund, mainly as a seed fund, to earn investment income to support the operation of the government for a long time. However, the ERB has suffered losses for many years, with an average annual loss of 296 million yuan. The fund balance fell from 16.28 billion yuan in April 2014 to approximately 14.8 billion yuan at the end of March last year, a decrease of nearly 10%. The ERB further estimates that the fund balance will drop to 8.38 billion yuan in February 2026.
Audit also pointed out that during the five years from 2014/15 to 2018/19, the ERB did not refer any cases of false information to law enforcement agencies for follow-up. Of the 36 courses that have not started for three consecutive years from 2014/15 to 2016/17, two have not been closed according to the guidelines.
The Audit Commission urged the Retraining Board to monitor the financial situation, including recovering subsidies from students with insufficient attendance, to take effective measures to increase student attendance, prevent false reporting, and strengthen referral of false reporting cases to law enforcement agencies for follow-up. It also recommended that the ERB strengthen the attractiveness of youth training and services for ethnic minorities, increase or decrease training courses in a timely manner, shorten the waiting time for admission, and review the amount of subsidies, etc. In internal work, the Department urges the ERB to increase surprise Classroom inspections to ensure that the final test conducted by the training institution meets the requirements. The Executive Director of the Retraining Board agrees with the audit recommendations, and the Labour and Welfare Bureau will follow up and support the Retraining Board on the recommendations.
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