高校生の就職内定率９２％　１０年連続で改善―文科省調査

　今春に卒業予定の高校生の就職内定率は、昨年１２月末時点で前年同期比０．１ポイント増の９２．０％となったことが１９日、文部科学省の調査で分かった。１０年連続で前年同期を上回り、５年続けて９０％台で推移した。
　文科省は「製造業や建設業などを中心に求人は堅調で、企業の採用活動は依然活発だ」との見方を示した。
　全国の国公私立高の卒業予定者は約１０４万５０００人。就職希望者は約１８万２０００人で、内定を得ていたのは約１６万７０００人だった。内定率は男子が０．１ポイント増の９２．８％で、女子が０．２ポイント増の９０．７％。学科別では工業（９７．２％）、商業（９５．２％）、情報（９４．４％）の順で内定率が高く、普通（８６．２％）が最低となった。（2020/02/19-17:22）

A Japanese education ministry survey showed Wednesday that 92.0 pct of high school students in the country who hope to start working upon graduation this spring had secured informal job offers as of the end of December last year.
   The figure was up 0.1 percentage point from a year before. The job-securing rate at the end of December rose year on year for the 10th consecutive year and stood at or above 90 pct for five years in a row.
   "Job offers from sectors including manufacturers and construction companies have been robust," a ministry official said, adding, "Japanese firms' appetite for hiring remains strong."
   Some 1,045,000 high school students in Japan are set to graduate this spring. Of about 182,000 students hoping to begin working soon after graduation, 167,000 had landed informal job offers as of the end of last year, according to the survey.
   The job-securing rate grew by 0.1 point to 92.8 pct for male students and by 0.2 point to 90.7 pct for female students.