George Doukidis: 40% of graduates are unemployed

Greece has the largest percentage of unemployed graduates, according to the professor of the Athens University of Economics (AUEB) and a member of the Board of the Athens Exchange, George Doukidis. Almost 40% of graduates are unemployed at a time when the country's businesses are looking for highly qualified executives. That is why the Greek graduates need ... massive ... specialization.

The professor of AUEB, also notes in Liberal that the country still lacks good middle executives as there is a complete absence of technical training. The Greek State, according to Mr. Doukidis, has "taken advantage" of this situation in recent decades by degrading secondary technological education. On the contrary, the prevailing principle has been “get a university degree and frame it”...

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