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The Committee notes with interest the Government's report and the texts of the laws and collective agreements provided in response to its previous request. It asks the Government to continue to provide information on any new measures to promote the granting of paid educational leave for the purposes laid down in the Convention. Please also provide additional information on the following points:

1. The Committee notes that the provisions of the Public Servants Act and the clauses of the collective agreements provide that workers shall be entitled to paid educational leave for the purposes of training and general education. Please indicate the measures taken or under consideration also to promote the granting of paid educational leave for the purposes of trade union education, in accordance with Article 2(c) of the Convention;

2. With regard to the association of employers' and workers' organizations, and institutions or bodies providing education and training with the formulation and application of the policy for the promotion of paid educational leave, required by Article 6, the Committee notes that the Government indicates that consultation on vocational training is required by law and refers to the information provided in its report on the application of Convention No. 142. It would be grateful if the Government would give particulars of how consultations for the specific purpose of promoting paid educational leave are ensured;

3. The Committee also asks the Government to indicate how arrangements for paid educational leave are financed. It recalls that in its General Survey of 1991 (paragraphs 444 to 445) it stressed the special importance of the provisions of Article 7 in this respect;

4. Lastly, please provide information, particularly statistics, on the number of workers granted paid educational leave, the length of such leave, the nature and amount of allowances paid, together with all relevant extracts from reports, studies and inquiries on this matter (Part V of the report form).