Sports for a Better Employment Opportunity
This project's parent organization is Palestine: Sports for life
It operates in and Palestine
It uses Football (Soccer), Basketball,
Entered the Sport for Quality Education and Employment Award
More about Sports for a Better Employment Opportunity
There is an urge to attract youth to quality education especially vocational education and raise their awareness on the employment opportunities in the Palestinian labor market. We use sports to reach out to the youth (including drop outs) and show them the potential of taking the track of vocational education and develop their employability skills through sports. As in Palestine, the Labor force data 2016 showed that 41% of youth aged (15-29) years are economically active (employed and unemployed);40% in the West Bank and 42% in Gaza Strip.While youth unemployment rate reached 39%. The highest unemployment rate was among youth aged (20-24) years reaching 43% compared to 39% for youth aged (25-29) years and 35% for youth aged (15-19) years. The highest unemployment rate among youth who have not completed any grade level reached 55%.The unemployment rate among youth graduates was 51% in the 1st quarter of 2016.The highest unemployment rate was 64% for graduates in education and teacher training, while the lowest unemployment rate of 25% was among law graduates.