Pillar: Education & Training
Goalpara has a youth unemployment rate of 10.6%, close to the typical district. The district's secondary enrolment rate is 63.8%, 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.
72% of registered enterprises are in services while 28% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 58% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Goalpara, which ranks 29 of 35 in Assam for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 42.7 out of 100. It trails the national picture on higher-education enrolment at 10.7% and ITI seats per lakh youth at 27.3.
Mandated services and how to locate the Career Counselling Cell in Goalpara are in the Goalpara district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Goalpara youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.