Pillar: Education & Training
West Champaran has a youth unemployment rate of 5.5%, better than the typical district. The district's secondary enrolment rate is 38.7%, behind 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 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 39% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In West Champaran, which ranks 32 of 38 in Bihar for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 39.6 out of 100. It trails the national picture on higher-education enrolment at 9.9% and ITI seats per lakh youth at 343.6.
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 West Champaran specifically, see the West Champaran district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). The West Champaran youth opportunity scorecard carries the full district picture.