2,793 college graduates jobless

2,793 college graduates jobless

KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: As many as 2,793 university
graduates are jobless because of the limited number of job
openings, a local official said Saturday.

Chief of the provincial office of education and culture
Saragih Turnip said that of the 51,000 job seekers on the waiting
list, 38,700 of those are high school graduates.

"The limited job openings make it difficult for the government
to solve the unemployment problem," he told Antara.

He said the job seekers generally hope for civil service
employment.

He estimated that the 1.6 million people, of the East Nusa
Tenggara population of 3.4 million, are part of the local
workforce. (pan)