However, Deputy Human Resources Minister Mahfuz Omar says, the number of unemployed graduates went up slightly compared with the same three months the previous year.
Deputy Human Resources minister Mahfuz Omar says unemployment among youths aged 15 to 24 is “completely normal”, adding that this problem was faced by most developing and developed nations.
Citing figures from a labour force report by the Statistics Department, Mahfuz said unemployment among youths aged 15 to 24 was “completely normal”, adding that this problem was faced by most developing and developed nations. Mahfuz also read out the youth unemployment rate for several developed and developing countries. In China, it is 12.4%, India 9.7%, New Zealand 14.4%, Norway, 10.1% and Australia 13.5%
Last year, Putrajaya organised job placement programmes through career carnivals and open interview sessions to help aspiring employees meet with employers and this helped 168,677 people. He said his ministry would work on monitoring advertising on social media and on signages that highlight such “alternative” forms of treatment, saying this was something that needed to be countered.
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