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April 14, 2009
Turkish state sees the disabled as unemployable-Turkey
The following information was downloaded from the mailing list of "Disability and Development" with a cooperation of the publisher, Mr. Soya Mori.
ANKARA - State institutions obligated by law to hire 3 percent of their personnel from among the disabled population have failed miserably, satisfying less than one fifth of the quota.
According to the law, at least 3 percent of government employees must be disabled, which, according to calculations, means state institutions need to employ at least 51,000 people with disabilities.
States institutions currently employ 9,966 public servants with disabilities and figures from the Prime Ministry Personnel Bureau indicate that a mere 26 more will be recruited in April.
According to a 2002 study, 12.29 percent of Turkey's citizens are classified as disabled. The Health Ministry has 8,244 vacant positions allocated for members of this group, while the Justice Ministry has 2, 112. The Education Ministry has 15,973 vacant posts that must be filled by disabled personnel.
Recruitment figures announced by the bureau for April show that most state institutions have no intention of addressing the gap. For the April recruitments, disabled personnel were requested by several universities and municipalities and the Culture Ministry, which asked for a single laborer.
http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/finance/11421944.asp?scr=1
Posted by jicafriends at April 14, 2009 02:12 PM