High Rate Of Unemployment Among Graduates In Malaysia
Our 21 public sector universities and 38 private sector universities produce something like 51 000 graduates a year but nearly 60 remain unemployed one year after graduation according to a study in 2018 conducted by the minstry of education malaysia s graduate tracer study.
High rate of unemployment among graduates in malaysia. By yap wan xiang 29 sep 2020 05 31 pm. Unfortunately 1 out of 5 graduates remain unemployed with the majority being degree holders. The graduate unemployment rate is one of the current issues being discussed by higher education scholars. These graduates make up 55 of those who are unemployed.
This study was conducted to examine the factors on why fresh graduates facing a high rate of unemployment in malaysia as this issue has. September 2011 graduates characteristics and unemployment. Malaysia s unemployment rate is now the highest in a decade at 3 9 per cent as people saw their livelihoods affected amid covid 19 and the movement control order mco said the. College and university students often face unemployment after spending their valuable time and money in order to receive educational advantages.
Malaysia will see 116 000 fresh graduates without a job this year the unemployment rate among fresh graduates is expected to increase to 25 this year. Noor azina ismail department of applied statistics faculty of economics and administration university of malaya 50603 kuala lumpur malaysia e mail. The department of statistics malaysia 2011 found that the unemployment rate in malaysia had increased from 3 2 in 2007 to 3 7 in 2009. Every year over 290 000 students graduate from institutions of higher learning.
The department of statistics malaysia 2011 found that the unemployment rate in malaysia hadincreased from 3 2 in 2007 to 3 7 in 2009. A study among malaysian graduates associate professor dr. The statistics provided by the sun newspaper in 2006 reported that the unemployment rate of public universities has reached a shocking 70 whereas the private institutions recorded 26 and meanwhile foreign graduates 34. Out of the 70 the highest unemployment was contributed by the following statistics.