The expansion of the private sector provided more employment at national level but this is not so in the peninsula. Therefore, no additional employment opportunities are available in either private or public sector. In the recent past the increased migration for foreign employment appeared to be the major factor, which reduced the level of unemployment. But the situation at present is unfavourable for foreign employment because they have to face still competition for employment in the Middle East. The European Union has placed restrictions on asylum seekers.
Adolescents are in the school leaving age.
In the Jaffna peninsula facilities for non-formal and formal education are inadequate. In some areas it is almost nil. A certain percentage of adolescents proceed to higher education. Others find it very difficult to train themselves for future careers. Even the computer education facilities are very much limited.