THE GRADUATES STATISTICS 2019, released by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) earlier today, revealed an increase in the number of employed ...
, released by the Department of Statistics Malaysia earlier today, revealed an increase in the number of employed graduates by 6.9% to 4.25 million persons.
“Of the total employed graduates, males accounted for 49.8% while 50.2% comprised females ,” the department revealed in a media statement. It defined graduates as individuals with the highest certificate from universities, colleges, polytechnics, recognised bodies or equivalent, where duration of study is at least two years.
According to national chief statistician Dato’ Sri Dr. Mohd Uzir Mahidin, “The total number of graduates in Malaysia accounted for 5.29 million persons and encompassed 21.3% of the working-age population in 2019. A total of 83.5% of graduates were part of the labour force. Even though a majority of graduates were female, the labour force participation rate for female graduates was reported lower than male graduates, which recorded 87.7%.”* Employed graduates in skilled jobs - 73.3% .
“In regard to skilled jobs which ought to be filled by graduates, the Quarterly Employment Statistics reported that the rate of vacancies for skilled jobs within formal private sector establishments in 2019 was 2.3% with 48.3 thousand job vacancies. This is very much lower as against the number of graduates produced annually which was in the range of 300,000 persons.
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