Pillar: Education & Training
Anantapur has a youth unemployment rate of 14.6%, behind the typical district. The district's secondary enrolment rate is 84%, better than the typical district. The Career Counselling Cell sits at this junction, steering students toward further study or work before they fall out of either.
77% of registered enterprises are in services while 23% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 64% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 40% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Anantapur, which ranks 25 of 27 in Andhra Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 44.3 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on higher-education enrolment at 42.9% and ITI seats per lakh youth at 1,011.7.
Mandated services and how to locate the Career Counselling Cell in Anantapur are in the Anantapur district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Anantapur youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.