Unemployment figures decrease
The rate of unemployment has decreased by six per cent last year in
comparison to that of previous year.
The constant development recorded in the agriculture, Industrial and
Service sectors had been a major contributory factor for this downturn
the Government Information Department said in a release citing the
Budget situation report released by the Finance Ministry in terms of the
Financial Management (Responsibilities) Act No. 3 of 2003.
The release said that according to the report the actual number of
total unemployed in 2006 stood at 447,000. The Ministry report cited
several reasons for the decrease in unemployment.
They are various employment generation projects launched by the
Public and Private sectors, systematic dissemination of information
regarding the job market and proper vocational guidance programmes.
Although unemployment among youth was relatively higher the rate of
unemployment among GCE Ordinary level qualified persons had decreased
from 9.9 per cent to 8.2 per cent last year while that of GCE Advanced
level and higher examination qualified persons had slightly increased
from 11.6 per cent to 11.8 per cent. |