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)