According to a survey by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the employment rate of university students who graduated in the spring of 2021 remained at 4% as of April 1, 2.0 points lower than the same period of the previous year.The rate of decline is the second in the past after 96.0 after the Lehman shock, and it seems that the impact of the spread of the new coronavirus infection has lowered the offer rate.

 In the survey, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and the Ministry of Education extracted a total of 112 schools and 6,250 students from national, public and private universities, junior colleges, colleges of technology, and vocational schools (specialized courses), and each university found employment by telephone or interview. I heard the informal situation.

 According to it, the employment rate of the university is 96.0%.Of these, 95.9% were national and public universities and 96.1% were private universities, down 2.3 points for national and public universities and 1.8 points for private universities compared to the same period of the previous year.

 By gender, male students accounted for 2.5%, down 95.0 points from the same period of the previous year, and female students accounted for 1.3%, down 97.2 points.By liberal arts and science, 1.8% was 96.0 points lower than the same period of the previous year, and 2.6% was 95.9 points lower in science.

 By region, the Chubu region had the highest ratio at 98.3%, followed by Hokkaido / Tohoku region at 97.0%, Kanto and Kinki regions at 95.8%, Kyushu region at 95.1%, and Chugoku / Shikoku region at 94.5%. It is lower than the same period of the previous year in all districts.

 The job offer rate has been rising moderately since 2012, but it has plummeted due to the spread of the new corona infection.The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and the Ministry of Education believe that the impact of industries such as tourism, aviation, and apparel, where the number of job offers has dropped significantly due to the direct hit of Corona.

 In addition, junior colleges accounted for 96.3% (down 0.7 points year-on-year), technical colleges 100% (same as the same period last year), and vocational schools 91.2% (down 5.6 points year-on-year).

reference:[Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology] Survey on employment status of prospective graduates of Reiwa 2rd year university (as of October 4)

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