Pillar: Education & Training
Prakasam has a youth unemployment rate of 20.7%, behind the typical district. The district's secondary enrolment rate is 76.1%, 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.
79% of registered enterprises are in services while 21% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 76% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Prakasam, which ranks 17 of 27 in Andhra Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 45.9 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on higher-education enrolment at 51.6% and ITI seats per lakh youth at 1,253.6.
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 Prakasam specifically, see the Prakasam district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). The Prakasam youth opportunity scorecard carries the full district picture.