AMMAN
– Chairman of Young Engineers Committee Saddam Abu Hazeem told
Jordan News that
according to a World Bank study, the unemployment rate among engineers reached
40 percent.
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“We launch the ceremony of the Young Engineers
Conference, organized by the Young Engineers Committee at the Jordan Engineers Association
(JEA), to empower Jordanian engineers and create opportunities,” Abu Hazeem
said Saturday, adding that “our message to engineers is to become leaders and
to move out of traditional job frameworks, especially in the face of intense
competition within and outside the country”.
The conference discussed themes related to
external markets, start-ups, entrepreneurship, and digital transformation, and
highlighted the success stories of some of the union's members.
JEA Vice-president Fawzi Masad told
Jordan News
that 40 percent of freshly graduated engineers are unemployed, which is a high
percentage. At the same time, the overall unemployment rate in the Kingdom reached
50 percent, he said.
Masad that that is imperative to collaborate
with the Ministry of Higher Education and issue a yearly report about
engineering professions that are stagnating; “our latest report shows there has
been stagnation in all engineering specializations”, he said, attributing this
to the decline in economic growth, “which does not exceed 2 percent”.
Ministry
of Higher Education Spokesperson Mohanad Al-Khatib told
Jordan News that two
years ago, the ministry reduced enrolment in stagnant specialties by 35 percent.
The ministry encouraged universities to develop new majors to meet the labor
market, such as cyber security and artificial intelligence.
Ahmad
Al-Bashabsheh, who graduated from the faculty of Civil Engineering last year,
said he was frustrated by the lack of job opportunities, adding that he had
chosen this specialty because he believed he would have an opportunity to
secure a better future for him and his family.
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