Pillar: Education & Training
Bandipore has a youth unemployment rate of 7.2%, 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.
58% of registered enterprises are in services while 42% are in manufacturing. Only 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 37% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Bandipore, which ranks 15 of 20 in Jammu and Kashmir for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 49.4 out of 100. It trails the national picture on higher-education enrolment at 15.7% and ITI seats per lakh youth at 356.9.
Mandated services and how to locate the Career Counselling Cell in Bandipore are in the Bandipore district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Bandipore youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.