The participation rate of non-regular workers in education and training has increased in 4 years by 9.2% from 18.6% in 2007 to 27.8% in 2011, but this is still 11.7%p lower than that of the regular workers as of 2011.
Only 22.4% of the participants made the decision for themselves to take part in education and training, while the rest took part to conform to company policies or follow superiors’ directions. Those who voluntarily participated in education and training had more optimistic perceptions about the effectiveness of education and training in improving their position in the labor market.
Among non-participants, the most common reason for not taking part in education and training was the lack of need (56.8%); only 15.8% indicated that they would undertake education and training in the future.
Generally, not many are optimistic that education and training affect the change of employment status from non-regular to regular or the rise in wage. In addition to providing more training opportunities for temporary employees, it should be more widely practiced that education and training outcomes lead to improvement in the worker’s employment status.