Sunday 19 / May / 2024
Muscat: The Minister of Labour plans to provide at least 35,000 jobs to Omani youth in 2023.
Dr. Mahad Said Ba’Owain, , Minister of Labour, confirmed that the Ministry aims to provide 35,000 jobs this year, through two initiatives. The first by recruitment and through replacement, including 8 percent in the professions of managers, specialists and technicians. The second initiative is through rehabilitation and training.
The Ministry of Labour has organised more than 2,000 training workshops in building career plans for over 130,000 employees, provided by 565 trainers from the units of the state’s administrative apparatus. The Minister of Labour stated that in 2022, it aimed to provide 35,000 jobs, but 45,000 job opportunities were provided in the two sectors, in addition to more than 35,000 people who had previously worked on rotation.
He also pointed out that the total beneficiaries of the job security benefit amounted to 13,453 people.
There are a number of reasons for the termination of service, one of which is the termination of the project, and the number in this category reached 9,000, while about 3,000 were in the end of contract period category.
This came during a review by Dr. Mahad Said Ba’Owain, Minister of Labour, at the annual conference of the Ministry of Labour 2023.
