During 2024, 14 thousand young people graduated from school throughout the country, however, 70 % (291 thousand) did not access education, according to the figures presented by the Ministry of Labor and Employment Promotion (MTPE) in the city of Arequipa on September 24.
PROBLEM
The Minister of Labor and Employment Promotion, Daniel Maurate, said during his presentation that in 2022 only 25 % of young secondary level graduates accessed higher education. “It’s a hard fact, 70 percent of young people who finish school do not go to higher education,” explained.
Maurerate added that this is one of the country’s big problems, since originates forced labor, child labor, he unemploymentunleashing that young people enter gang in some cases.
However, the problem not only lies in young people who do not access higher education; Of the 30 % studying at universities or institutes, 64 % is under occupational inadequacy, that is, young people choose a career for which they have no vocation or that have low demand- “Many young people who have finished university or institute have not achieved work,” said.
REMUNERATION
Maurerate also pointed out that they are often taught profitable careers for the university and the institute, but that they are not profitable for the labor market. “There is a significant investment of companies that have to make an induction stage and then incorporate them into their plants because they do not receive them with the competences that labor demand requires it”he added.
According to the MTEP Micarrera platform, the one that has the most demanded in Arequipa in 2024 was systems and computation, However, the best remuneration career for young people in the formal private sector was Geology, with an average monthly income of 4 thousand 105 soles.
