Pillar: Education & Training
Mandya has 460.6 apprentices per lakh youth, better than the typical district. The district's higher-education enrolment rate is 24.7%, better than the typical district. The Government Polytechnic offers a diploma-level technical route between school and a full degree, feeding directly into apprenticeship and industry roles.
78% of registered enterprises are in services while 22% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 54% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 42% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Mandya, which ranks 15 of 31 in Karnataka for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 48.5 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on ITI seats per lakh youth at 1,659.1. The district has 83 colleges.
Mandated services and how to locate the Government Polytechnic in Mandya are in the Mandya district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Mandya youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.