EDUCATION

Higher levels of education are directly proportional to the chances of getting employment or succeeding in doing business. Education is essential not just for nurturing but also for attracting talent and bolstering innovation. Availability of highly skilled human capital, especially amongst youth, in turn attracts and generates innovation and knowledge based industries. Education opens up opportunities and improves chances of success in life. According to the majority of the employers, after completing studies and entering the job market the biggest challenge that youth face when entering the job market are related to “workreadiness”. 42

The distribution of educational achievement among the youth population can help to partly explain the level of unemployment among the cities. The Youth CPI Survey statistics show that on average the literacy level among youth across Saudi Arabian cites is more than 99%. The findings also indicate that majority of the youth have secondary education (57.4%) and a Bachelor’s Degree (32.8%). Regarding the educational level of Saudi female’s youth, the result shows that nearly half of them have secondary Education level (52%) and Bachelor’s Degree (40.4%).Most of youth males and females have earned their education within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (94%).