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83% of unemployment lack any certificates
Confirming perceptions that unemployment prevails among those with the least education, statistics presented in parliament show that only 17% of people seeking work possess O-Level, city and guilds or some form of post secondary certification.
674 out of 6,655 people who are presently registering as unemployed are illiterate.
Unemployment prevails among those with lower educational levels. Only 86 graduates (1% of all total unemployed) are currently registering for work. A further 164 (2%) possess advanced level certification.
Only 3% of the 1274 unemployed aged between 16 and 24 are illiterate.
But among those aged between 25 and 39 illiterates represent 10% of 1950 persons in these aged cohort.
The highest percentage of illiterates (16%) is found among those aged between 40 and 54 and those aged over 55 (15%).
These statistics also confirm that the risk of unemployment rises with age.
While 41% of unemployed are aged over 40 years only 19% are aged under 24 years of age. Long term unemployment also prevails among older people.
Among those aged 16 to 24 only 3% have been registering for more than three years.
On the other hand within the 40 to 54 years old age cohort the percentage rises to 19%.
In total, 929 persons have been registering for employment for more than three years (14% of the total unemployed), of which 471 (7%) have been registering for more than five years.
These represent 14% of the 6,655 unemployed persons who are presently registering for work. 51% have been registering for less than six months. Among those aged under 14 year olds 78% have been registering for work for less than six months.
