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Vocational training: AFPA to lay off 800 people

The National Agency for Vocational Training of Adults, a public body that employs 5,410 employees, is particularly suffering from private competition. Its plan aims to make up for a chronic deficit in activity within three years.

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Vocational training: AFPA to lay off 800 people

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