Pillar: Education & Training
East Godavari has a youth unemployment rate of 16.5%, behind the typical district. The district's secondary enrolment rate is 89.3%, 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.
76% of registered enterprises are in services while 24% are in manufacturing. Only 8% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 89% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In East Godavari, which ranks 5 of 27 in Andhra Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 50 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on higher-education enrolment at 59.6% and ITI seats per lakh youth at 825.9.
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 East Godavari specifically, see the East Godavari district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). The East Godavari youth opportunity scorecard carries the full district picture.