16. According to the Byelorussian Developr$€nt plan, 3BO,O0O high- and nedium-levelspecialists should be tralned in 198l-1985. profesalonal and technlcal trainingwill prepare more than 450,000 students. 17. At present there are 4.2 nillion urban rrorkers and 738,000 rural workers in Byeloruasian SSR. Elghty-three per cent of atl those enployed have high- and medium-level educabion. Specialists numbering 5l9,O0O employed have high-level educatlon and 675,000 have nedium-level specialized educatlon. I8, In 1984 professional techntcal schoolE trained 92r000 young quallfied uorkers and enrolled 101,000 persons. young uorkers nunberlng 273.000 irere tralneddirectly in lndustrial enterprisea. onc and a half olllion pergons bave receivedthelr qualificalion through training. COLOMB IA 19. The tlationaL Apprentice Service (SEllA) is an organizatlon for professionaltrainlng which functions as a public decentrallzed establlgbment havingadministratlve autonooy, but observlng the general norma governing the Colombian Sta te. 20. As a professional trai.ning entity, SENA represents a group of activitles rrhichimpart Che qualifications and knonledge neceaaary for undertaklng a particular typeof job. 2r- SENA operates along tbree differ€nt approacheg! (a) centres of professlonal Training offerlng a scholaatic backgroundr (b) a Work-Treining programne dlrectedto Lhe quantltaEive and gualitati.ve loprovenent of production of large, nedium orsnall-scale enterprisest (c) co-ordlnated and sinultaneous production processes lnthe Centres for Tralnlng and enterprisee.A/40/54e English Page 6 22. SENA has the basic objective of fulfllllng the soclal poticy of the Governmentwith regard to professional training and adv.ncenent. For this purpose,professional training is inparted tor (a) All economlc sectors - agrlculture, industry, coooerce and servi.ce - on forinal and infornal basis, and covers especlal.ly the unenployed and under-enployedt (b) ltre younq and adutt population, whether newly lnbegrated into the present uork force or for further sklll ioprovement on the jobt (c) The entire hierarchy of tork, fron aeoi-akllled job6 to oanagementpositions t (d) A11 geographic and econoolc regions, independent of the stage of development.
**Analysis**
The text appears to be focused on professional training and development, specifically in the context of Belarus and Colombia. It discusses plans for training specialists, professional training programs, and the objectives of organizations involved in these efforts. The text also touches on employment and education, highlighting the importance of these sectors in the development of a country.

**Category**
Education, Employment