KUWAIT CITY, July 23: The number of job seekers who registered at the Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) more than six months ago, are not currently working or receiving a pension, and are not registered with an educational body totaled 18,686.

Sources revealed that 14 of these job seekers hold a doctorate degree; 370 hold a master’s degree; 10,337 are university graduates; 3,956 are diploma holders; 1,195 are high school graduates who completed a two-year course or higher; 125 are high school graduates who completed a two-year course or higher; 440 reached high school; 200 reached high school with one-year work experience; 199 hold an intermediate certificate in a two-year cycle; 189 hold an intermediate certificate in a one-year cycle; 312 hold an intermediate certificate in a cycle of three years or more; 250 hold an intermediate certificate in a cycle of at least one year; 613 hold an intermediate certificate; 57 have vocational qualification, 333 are below intermediate; 17 are below intermediate in one cycle; and 79 are below intermediate with at least two years work experience.