Pillar: Education & Training
Ahmedabad has a youth unemployment rate of 2.7%, better than the typical district. The district's secondary enrolment rate is 64.2%, 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.
70% of registered enterprises are in services while 30% are in manufacturing. Only 13% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 64% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Ahmedabad, which ranks 2 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 53.6 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on higher-education enrolment at 41.8%. On ITI seats per lakh youth at 631.1, it sits close to the national mark.
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 Ahmedabad specifically, see the Ahmedabad district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). The Ahmedabad youth opportunity scorecard carries the full district picture.