Poll, businesses can’t find qualified people
03/01/2012 00:00
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The Albanian businesses have difficulties in finding qualified
personnel. More than half of the businesses that participated in a poll
declared that the lack of the qualified working power is a key obstacle
for the business.
In 2009, according to the data published by the Agenda Institute, at least 51% of the big companies, 41% of the exporters and 48% of the foreign companies reported the lack of employees’ professionalism as one of the main obstacles for developing business.
But the problem is not only the qualification issue. Albania has a big lack of professionalism in services, where only 1.1% of the youth is employed. A very low number of students, around 8.5%, prefer to choose education and training, while only 9% like to study for engineering or construction.
Besides the low number of students who go to university, Albania is also facing a low quality of the universities and as result a production of under qualified students. Studies show that the key parameters that measure the quality of a public or private university, such as the students-professors relationship, the capacity of auditoriums or the number of labs, are out of the normal standards.
Only 48% of the Albanian citizens have finished middle and high education, ranking among the countries with the lowest figures in Balkan, where the average is 62%.
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