A total of 555 nationals were employed in 410 private companies between October 31 until last Saturday.

According to statistics released by the Labour and Social Development Ministry, 509 jobseekers were enrolled in training programmes during the period.

This brings the number of employed jobseekers to 21,414 in 6,007 private sector firms, out of 25,000 targeted by the National Employment Programme in its second edition.

Meawnhile, 10,093 jobseekers have so far been trained, exceeding the targeted number of 10,000 training opportunities.

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