
Despite the country's post-Covid economic recovery, which has seen the employment rate returning to the "old normal", over 230,000 recent graduates remain unemployed, raising concerns among students pursuing low-demand degrees.
According to a National Economic and Social Development Council's (NESDC) fourth-quarter report issued on Wednesday, from October to December, the unemployment rate dropped to 1.15%, with half a million people out of work, including more than 230,000 recent graduates.