Data showing a growing number of Maltese who are over-qualified for their jobs should be a matter of concern, the Nationalist Party said on Thursday.
The party observed that according to a Eurostat jobs and skills survey, over the past 10 years, the percentage of Maltese workers considered to be over-qualified for their jobs had risen by 5% to 12.8% of the workforce. Such workers have a tertiary level of education, which their jobs do not require.
The EU data also showed that 23.7% of the Maltese have a tertiary level of education compared to the EU average of 48.6%.
While there was need for greater efforts to raise the number of Maltese having a tertiary level of education, it was also worrying that not enough quality jobs requiring such a level of education were being created, the PN said.