Pillar: Education & Training
Kurukshetra has a youth unemployment rate of 25.9%, behind the typical district. The district's secondary enrolment rate is 83.1%, 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 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 83% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Kurukshetra, which ranks 10 of 22 in Haryana for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52.8 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on higher-education enrolment at 75.9% and ITI seats per lakh youth at 1,623.2.
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 Kurukshetra specifically, see the Kurukshetra district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). The Kurukshetra youth opportunity scorecard carries the full district picture.