There are 3 reasons that postulated such a plight as per suggested by the public which was: the attitude of the youth and graduates, the Malaysian education system, and the lack of communication skills, that does not favor effective inter-personal communication skills.

There are strong opinions that the lack of passion in the graduates to push themselves to constantly pursue the opportunities available to them is one culprit that causes them to still be unemployed.

As a fresh graduate myself, I find lots of employment opportunities, educational opportunities, and opportunities to undertake non-academic self-enrichment activities. Myself, like all my peers who went to national schools, and varsities, were all given the opportunity to participate and pursue in activities that could have helped us develop the essential skills (debate clubs, Interact Clubs, Toastmasters, etc.) and I can't recall anyone who genuinely wanted to take part ever being denied the chance. But I do know of many, who despite knowing the benefits of such participation chose not to, for a variety of reasons or just attributing to the 'lack of passion' in the individual.

The goal of any democratic government and society of any market based economy is to ensure the creation of a society where every citizen, regardless of ethnicity or class status has equal opportunities to succeed; and NOT where everyone succeeds equally. So maybe the question is how effective has our society been in providing our youth with such opportunities?

The bottom line is this; Unemployment is a serious and complex problem, and it is caused by both institutional (government/educational policy) as well as socio-cultural reasoning (family values, tradition, 'Asian' conservatism) issues. These are all concepts that are difficult to define qualitatively and quantitatively in its’ effect on unemployed graduates. We as Malaysians must do our bit in ensuring the country continuously prosper with the people desiring to passionately grow with the country.