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The Committee notes the report received in August 2008, which reproduces the information covered by the direct request of 2006. The Committee requests the Government once again to send copies of the legislative and regulatory texts which give effect to Convention No. 140.

1. Article 2 of the Convention. Formulation and application of a policy designed to promote the granting of paid educational leave. The Labour Code provisions cited by the Government in its report received in 2005 did not establish any “policy” designed to promote the granting of paid educational leave within the meaning of the Convention. In this regard, the Committee refers to paragraph 327 of its General Survey of 1991, which states that such a policy presupposes that the public authorities have decided upon a specific course of action that necessarily involves authorities and bodies for a certain length of time. The Committee requests the Government to indicate whether a policy has been formulated to promote the granting of paid educational leave for the purpose of occupational training at any level and also for the purpose of trade union education.

2. Article 6. Association of governmental institutions, other bodies and the social partners. Please indicate the manner in which the public authorities, employers’ and workers’ organizations, and institutions or bodies providing education or training are associated with the formulation and application of the policy for the promotion of paid educational leave.

3. Part V of the report form. Practical and statistical information. Please provide information on the manner in which the Convention is applied in practice, including any extracts from reports, studies or inquiries and any statistics available on the number of workers granted paid educational leave.

[The Government is asked to reply in detail to the present comments in 2009.]