Majority of youths dissatisfied with their jobs: ILO

KATHMANDU: The Work4Youth Project which is run under the International Labour Organisation (ILO) reveals that nearly 60 per cent young Nepali workers are dissatisfied with their current jobs in its report ‘Labour market transitions of young women and men in Nepal’.

In its survey, the report concluded that more than 31 per cent youth want to switch jobs to better utilise their qualifications. Temporary nature of job is the other reason for looking for another job. More than 20 per cent fall in this category. Similarly, nearly 20 per cent want to change jobs because they want more working hours. Likewise, less than 10 per cent youth wanted to switch jobs due to the low wages at the current placement.

The report comes out with other positive conclusions too. It states that 80 per cent of young people with only primary level education are better educated than their fathers vis-a-vis 90 per cent when compared to their mothers. It also showed that the level of education attainment is rising.

Similarly, it also highlighted that youth unemployment rate of a university graduate is thrice than that of youth with no education at all — 26.1 per cent and 8.2 per cent, respectively.

Furthermore, youths with post- secondary level degrees can earn 1.5 times more wages than a youth with primary education.

Meanwhile, the report also pointed out that urban unemployment rate of youth is more by around 28 per cent in comparison to rural areas where the rate is slightly more than 17 per cent.

Source: THT