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PCBS | PCBS: The Educational fields and labor market for persons aged 20-29 years in 2015.

Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) 

Issued a special press release for the students who sit for  the General Secondary School Certification Examinations "Tawjihi" of the academic year 2015/2016 .

                                                                                

Educational fields and labor market for persons aged 20-29 years in 2015.

 

The international classification of education divides study disciplines into the following fields of education:

Basic programs; literacy and numeracy programs; personal development; teacher training and education; arts; humanities; social and behavioral sciences; journalism and information programs; business and administration; law; life sciences; physical sciences; mathematics and statistics; computing; engineering and engineering trades; manufacturing and processing; architecture and construction; agriculture, forestry and fishery programs; veterinary programs, health programs; social services; personal services; transportation; environmental protection and security services.

Approximately 40 thousand students graduate annually from Palestinian higher education institutions. In the 2015/2016 scholastic year, there were around 79 thousand applicants for the General Certificate Exam “Tawjihi”.

 

Business and Administration is the field where most male and female students aged 20-29 years enroll whether for intermediate diploma or a bachelor’s degree (BA).

In 2015, around 99 thousand males aged 20-29 years obtained an intermediate diploma or bachelor’s degree. They were specialized in the following fields of education:

Business and administration (28.5%), health (13.4%), engineering and engineering trades (11.4%), computing (6.6%), humanities (6.5%), and social and behavioral sciences (5.7%), other fields (27.9%).

In 2014, there were around 92 thousand male graduates aged 20-29 years. The majority of them majored in business and administration (26.3%).

On the other side, there were around 125 thousand female graduates aged 20-29 years with a bachelor’s degree or an intermediate diploma specialized in the following fields of education:

Business and administration (20.1%), teacher training and education science (19.2%), humanities (16.2%), social and behavioral sciences (11.9%), and health (8.7%), other fields (23.9%). 

In 2014, there were around 113 thousand female graduates aged 20-29 years, the majority of them majoring in teacher training and education science (21.1%).

 

High unemployment rates among males and females aged 20-29 years with an intermediate diploma or bachelor's degree in some fields

In 2015 the highest unemployment rates among male graduates aged 20-29 years with an intermediate diploma or bachelor’s degree in Palestine were in the following fields of education:

Humanities (52.0%), life sciences (51.5%), teacher training and education science (45.5%), journalism and information (43.4%) and mathematics and statistics (41.3%).

In 2015 the highest unemployment rates among female graduates aged 20-29 years with an intermediate diploma or bachelor’s degree were in the following fields of education:

Journalism and information (88.7%), social and behavioral sciences (79.6%), teacher training and education science (75.4%), humanities (72.0%) and mathematics and statistics (70.6%).

As for region: the highest rates of unemployment among graduates aged 20-29 years with a bachelor’s degree or an intermediate diploma in Gaza Strip were in the following fields of education:

 

Social and behavioral sciences (76.6%), life sciences (75.7%), computing (75.6%), teacher training and education science (75.3%) and humanities (70.9%).

The highest unemployment rates in the West Bank for the same age group by fields of education were as follows:

Teacher training and education science (61.7%), humanities (56.9%), social and behavioral sciences (56.5%), mathematics and statistics (55.2%) and life sciences (39.8%).

 

Unemployment rate and period of unemployment in months for graduates (20-29) years in Palestine with an intermediate diploma or bachelor’s degree by field of education in 2015

 

Field of education

Unemployment rate

Period unemployed in months

Teacher training and education science

68.4

15.4

Social and behavioral sciences

66.4

14.2

Humanities

66.3

17.6

Mathematics and statistics

61.9

15.8

Life sciences

54.6

12.5

Journalism and information

53.8

22.0

Business and administration

48.7

13.7

Personal services

42.7

11.1

Architecture and construction

40.4

12.1

Computing

40.0

14.7

Health

39.4

14.2

Engineering and engineering trades

39.1

11.3

Law

16.9

15.4

Other disciplines

46.8

15.0

 

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