Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec.10 / Trend A.Yusifzade /
The number of employees, working in the state administrative system, has decreased by 10 percent in Iran while implementing the fourth national development plan, Ahmad Akhavan Aramky, Vice President, Head of the State Statistics Administration and Human Capital Development Management was quoted by IRNA as saying.
Aramky said that the number of public sector employees has decreased from 2.287830 million to 2.65298 million employees in Iran over the period from 2005 to 2009.
According to the fourth national development plans, the Iranian government intended to reduce the number of public sector employees by 5 percent.
"During this period, the number of public sector employees with incomplete secondary education, and secondary education decreased by 95.3 percent. On the other hand, the number of degree holders in 2009 increased by 1, 98 percent", Aramky said.
Iran reduces the number of public sector employees in accordance with the implementation of state programs for the large state companies, including banks and telecommunications companies, by transferring them to the private sector.
The number of state female employees is 35 percent, male employees 65 percent in Iran.
Earlier, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stated that unemployment in the country will be eradicated for the next 2 years.
He added that the government will implement the first stage of the Subsides Reform Law by the end of the Iranian calendar year (March 2011).
He said that the administration presented a bill to the Majlis (parliament) in April calling for 20 percent of the oil income to be allocated to the National Development Fund in accordance with the Fifth Development Plan (2010-2015) for creating jobs for the youth of the country.
Ahmadinejad noted that roughly $9 billion has been saved in this fund since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 2010) and it will increase up to $16 billion by the end of the year.
He explained that this sum will added to the investment budget of the country, adding that, the sum alone is enough to create 1 million jobs annually.