Pillar: Education & Training
Upper Siang trains 1,780.3 youth per lakh under short-term skilling programmes, better than the typical district. Of those trained, 97.7% go on to get certified, close to the typical district. The Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra is a dedicated centre for this short-course, certification-linked training.
73% of registered enterprises are in services while 27% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 42% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Upper Siang, which ranks 19 of 27 in Arunachal Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 49.6 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on formal-sector jobs at 17.5% and pupils per teacher at 9.1:1, while it lags on secondary school enrolment in classes 9 to 12 at 50.6%. On class 9 pupils at grade level in maths at 33%, it sits close to the national mark. The district has 365 registered enterprises.
Mandated services and how to locate the PMKK (Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra) in Upper Siang are in the Upper Siang district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Upper Siang youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.