skills mismatch and overeducation appears to be a major challenge across Europe<\/strong>.<\/p>\nQuoting the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop), it said that Europe\u2019s and Cyprus\u2019 main challenge is not just to improve skills levels, but to align individuals with the appropriate skills to suitable jobs.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are various types of skills mismatches, such as overeducation, undereducation, horizontal mismatch, over-skilling and skills obsolescence, which are a major cause of rising unemployment and increasing difficulties for individuals transitioning from education to the labour market to find jobs matching their potential,\u201d the report explained.<\/p>\n
The report added that, although skills mismatches on the island have been identified as a great challenge at a national level that needs to be urgently addressed, national data on the type and their extent are scarce.<\/p>\n
The overall goal of the study is to collect national data on graduates\u2019 pathways after leaving higher education as well as data on labour market\u2019s current and future needs in terms of knowledge and skills.<\/p>\n
The study added that undereducation does not appear to be a problem <\/strong>as only a small percentage of graduates reported having a lower level of education than it is required by their job (9 per cent in 2016\/17 and 8 per cent in 2020\/21).<\/p>\nThe field of natural sciences had the highest percentage of graduates reporting being undereducated (22 per cent) compared to other fields.<\/p>\n
Two other types of skills mismatches that were measured in the context of the study were over-skilling and under-skilling. Graduates were requested to assess their current proficiency in various types of skills, along with the expected level of skill required by their current job, using a seven-point rating scale, ranging from 1 (very low) to 7 (very high).<\/p>\n
\u201cIn both cohorts, graduates\u2019 own level was significantly higher than the corresponding level required by their current job for almost all skills assessed, thus indicating over-skilling,\u201d the study concluded.<\/p>\n
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– Approximately 46% of Cypriot graduates consider themselves overeducated for their jobs.
\n– A study by the department of higher education of the education ministry in Cyprus identified skills mismatch as a major concern.
\n– The study is part of a programme funded by the EU Recovery and Resilience Plan aimed at addressing skills mismatch between education and the labor market.
\n– Skills mismatch and overeducation are major challenges across Europe, not just in Cyprus.
\n– The study quotes the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) on the need to align individuals with appropriate skills to suitable jobs.
\n– Various types of skills mismatches include overeducation, undereducation, horizontal mismatch, over-skilling, and skills obsolescence.
\n– National data on the type and extent of skills mismatches in Cyprus are limited.
\n– The study aims to collect data on graduates’ pathways after higher education and the labor market’s needs for knowledge and skills.
\n– Undereducation is less of a problem, with a small percentage of graduates reporting lower education levels than required by their jobs (9% in 2016\/17 and 8% in 2020\/21).
\n– The field of natural sciences had the highest percentage of graduates reporting being undereducated (22%).
\n– The study also measured over-skilling and under-skilling, finding that graduates’ skill levels were significantly higher than required by their current jobs for almost all skills assessed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2980,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[797,3,405,379,201,121,304,250,28,185,798,519,799,31],"class_list":["post-2979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cyprus","tag-careers","tag-cyprus","tag-education","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-featured","tag-funding","tag-google","tag-jobs","tag-main","tag-over-skilled","tag-recovery-and-resilience-plan","tag-skills-mismatch","tag-unemployment"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"\n
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