The ministry also plans to house 80 per cent of the registered job applicants, Mr Baouin said.
It will encourage young Omanis to enrol in training programmes and acquire more skills, he said. But market analysts expressed pessimism over the feasibility of such plans, warning of consequences for the small country’s economy.
Oman’s rating in all international agencies’ reports has been in constant decline with a negative outlook in the past few years, owing to the fall in oil prices and the pandemic.
“We understand the need to employ Omanis, but there are certain steps that have to be made first,” Loai Al Jashmi, a recruitment specialist, told