AMMAN —
Minister of Labor Nayef Steitieh said that many majors were introduced in universities
without studies attempting to assess the local labor market requirements,
noting that at least 40–50 percent of jobs will not be needed in 5 years’ time,
according to Al-Mamlaka TV.
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Steitieh said that the Ministry of Labor is studying
the labor market to “identify its requirements”, adding that the Technical and
Vocational Skills Development Commission, various industries, and the private
sector need to determine the professions they need.
“The Labor Ministry now focuses on identifying the
skills needed in the market, opening the doors for
Tawjihi and university
graduates to join the labor market based on their skills,” the minister said,
adding that “nowadays, there is great demand for professional and technical
skills in the private sector.”
He added that the market needs to determine the
professions and skills necessary for the entire private sector “and what career
paths can be created for these professions so that we can integrate the largest
possible number of young people in these different professions”. He stressed
the need to “integrate the private sector in the vocational and technical
training system”.
“There is significant demand in the labor market for diploma
graduates and graduates with technical skills, and today, seeing that there are
350,000 licensed workers, in addition to expatriate workers working in
different professions, I think that 60–70 percent of Jordanians can meet this
demand,” he said.
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