MORE than 550,000 students from private and public universities and colleges will graduate this month, and most them will likely join the ranks of the 2.96 million Filipinos who are jobless.

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has confirmed that 50 percent of the unemployed is from the youth sector.

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