Pillar: Education & Training
North and Middle Andaman trains 1,672.4 youth per lakh under short-term skilling programmes, better than the typical district. 38.3% of young women aged 15 to 21 are out of education, behind the typical district. The Jan Shikshan Sansthan focuses non-formal skilling on dropouts and women who need a route back into livelihoods without returning to a classroom.
79% of registered enterprises are in services while 21% are in manufacturing. Only 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 78% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In North and Middle Andaman, which ranks 2 of 3 in Andaman and Nicobar Island for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 49.4 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on women in the labour force at 55.4%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 97%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the JSS (Jan Shikshan Sansthan) in North and Middle Andaman are in the North and Middle Andaman district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the North and Middle Andaman youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.