Pillar: Education & Training
Alluri Sitharama Raju has a youth unemployment rate of 23.3%, behind the typical district. The district's secondary enrolment rate is 70.4%, close to the typical district. The Career Counselling Cell sits at this junction, steering students toward further study or work before they fall out of either.
79% of registered enterprises are in services while 21% are in manufacturing. Only 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 70% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Alluri Sitharama Raju, which ranks 14 of 27 in Andhra Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 47.1 out of 100. It trails the national picture on higher-education enrolment at 6.5% and ITI seats per lakh youth at 498.9.
What the Career Counselling Cell is required to do, who runs it and how to find one are in the Career Counselling Cell reference. For Alluri Sitharama Raju specifically, see the Alluri Sitharama Raju district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). The Alluri Sitharama Raju youth opportunity scorecard carries the full district picture.