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Alarming Trend Of School Dropouts
By Za'im Zaini

Bandar Seri Begawan - There is a significant increase in the number of school dropouts in Form 5 and Form 6 registering as jobseekers indicating difficulty in obtaining higher education or a mindset for a career before completing school.

In the latest labour statistics on the number of registered jobseekers, a significant increase in the number of those with Form 6 qualifications registering are seen whereas up to November 2007 there had been 123, a number more than double of 2006 where it was only 53.

Those who registered as job seekers with Form 5 qualifications are seen in November 2007 in a staggering number of 2462 while it was 2223 in 2006.

These numbers could be an indication of a possible young workforce for the nation.

Those with a degree qualification registering as jobseekers with the labour department also have seen an increase in 2007 whereas up to November there had been 40 compared to 2006 where there

were 12.

However on a positive note the numbers of registered jobseekers with qualification of less than Form 5 have significantly dropped. Up to November 2007 there were 178 registered jobseekers with no schooling qualification compared to 2006 (up to November) there were 234.

There were 758 jobseekers with qualifications, up to November 2007 compared to 2006 when there were 234. Those with qualifications upto Secondary 3 were 1775 upto November 2007. This indicates a drop compared to 2006 when there were 2236.

Those with qualifications of up to form 4 registering also dropped significantly close to half the number where in 2006 it was 837 and up to November 2007 it was 457.

Thus the total number of registered job seekers with qualifications with no schooling qualification up to form 6 dropped where up to November 2007 it was 5753 compared to 2006 when it was 6379.

Those with qualifications from technical, vocational and university level the numbers as registered jobseekers have slightly increased from November 2007 and are now 324 compared to 321 in 2006. Most of them comprise females, where there were 185 females and males were 139.

The 40 registered jobseekers with degree qualifications up to November 2007, had 31 females and 9 males compared to 2006 where there were 12 females and 4 males.

Those with certified qualification were 144 up to November 2007, 77 females and 67 males compared to 2006 it was 169, 86 males and 83 females.

Those with ordinary national certificate up to November 2007 was 49 compared to 2006 was 53. Ordinary national diploma up to November 2007 was 41 similar to the number in 2006. Those with diploma was 29 compared to 2006 was 40 and those with higher national diploma was 21 compared to 2006 was 6.

Clerical and related works remain as the top preference for jobseekers with a number of 2198 up to November 2007 while 2nd top choice was in the services sector with a number of 1417, third is general labour with a number of 933. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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