APPENDIX B. d

QUESTIONS FOR REGIONAL DIRECTOR GENERAL OF CEIC

1. How many people have been referred to training under the National Training Act in your region? What is the breakdown by sex, age (under/over 25), and training types?
   
   
2. How many training spaces exist, and what number have been set aside for women? In what length and type of programs are they?
   
   
3. How many of these set-aside seats have been filled? What happens to the unfilled training spaces? Bow many women are finishing the courses?
   
   
4. What is your position on Paid Skills Development Leave?
   
   
5. Does C.E.I.C. provide funding and income support for part-time education?
   
   
6. Does C.E.I.C. provide tuition, books, transport, child care and cloth for full and part-time learners?
   
   
7. Is C.E.I.C. funding bridging programs? e.g., B.T.S.D., E.S.L., pre-trades. Do you provide funds for further training to graduates of these programs?
   
   
8. Is there an affirmative action requirement in your training programs? Do you have target numbers of women for each program or type of course?
   
   
9. What action has been taken to educate employers regarding the benefits of hiring or sponsoring women trainees or apprentices?
   
   
10. Are there any projects specifically for women under the Skills Growth Fund?
    
    
11. What steps have been taken to notify women and women's groups about the $50,000. available to groups to develop proposals for taking advantage of the Skills Growth Fund?