KUALA LUMPUR: There were 41,467 unemployed graduates in the country as of 2021, says Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin.
The Higher Education Minister said the figure, from the Graduate Tracking Study System, makes up 14.5% of the total of 286,299 local graduates who completed their courses that year.
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"To address the issue of unemployment among graduates, the ministry has introduced continuous initiatives to ensure all of them are equipped with talents and skills," he said in the Dewan Rakyat on Monday (Feb 270.
Replying to Jamaludin Yahya (PN-Pasir Salak), who asked for unemployment statistics among local graduates and steps taken to address the issue, he said the curriculum would be reviewed at three- and five-year intervals to ensure local graduates are employable.
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He also said job matching for graduates was being done through a collaboration with the Social Security Organisation (Socso) to see that graduates get jobs compatible with their qualifications.
"These initiatives are implemented through the MYFutureJobs portal or career carnival organised by public higher learning institutions and Socso," he added.
Aside from that, he said the ministry also conducted training and self-improvement such as a marketability programme for graduates.
