Pillar: Education & Training
Bandipore trains 3,761 youth per lakh under short-term skilling programmes, better than the typical district. Of those trained, 95.2% go on to get certified, close to the typical district. The Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra is a dedicated centre for this short-course, certification-linked training.
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 apprentices per lakh youth at 156.2.
Mandated services and how to locate the PMKK (Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra) 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.