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The Committee notes that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

1. In relation to its 2000 direct request, the Committee notes the information contained in the Government’s report received in October 2003 which includes extracts of collective agreements. Please continue to provide information on the application of Act No. 101 of 2001 in relation to the steps taken to formulate and apply a policy to promote paid educational leave in the terms of Article 2 of the Convention. Please give more particulars on the manner in which 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 (Article 6).

2. The Committee notes that statistical surveys are undertaken on an irregular basis only. According to the report, in 1999, every employee was granted an average of 0.2 days of paid educational leave. The information for 2002 and 2003 was still being processed. The Committee would appreciate receiving in the Government’s next report a general appreciation of the manner in which the Convention is applied, including extracts of reports, studies and inquiries and up to date statistics on the number of workers granted paid educational leave (Part V of the report form).