Friday, December 07, 2007

Youth unemployment in the Philippines

32.2% and 18.4% of the unemployed in 2006 were
highschool and college graduates, respectively (ADB data).

It can be attributed to the following:
  • job-education mismatch
  • available jobs are project basis only
  • lack of job experience
  • declining quality of education
  • rampant contractualization and labor flexibility
  • low self-esteem, culture of defeat

DS 126 (7 Ms poster exhibit for DSS Week 2025)

Kindly refer to the Google Drive provided in our FB group (divided between PS and DS). Check if your haiku entry/entries qualified for the p...