NSS for community service, NCC for military training, MY Bharat for digital volunteering, plus the student union.
Higher education enrolment in Ernakulam stands at 52.4%, better than the typical district. 73.1% of young men read a newspaper regularly, better than the typical district. College NSS and NCC units channel this enrolled, civic-aware student body into service and discipline programmes.
75% of registered enterprises are in services while 25% are in manufacturing. Small and medium enterprises account for 12% of MSME employment. Enrolment in classes 9 to 12 equals 98% of the population of that age.
In Ernakulam, which ranks 1 of 14 in Kerala for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 66.7 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on young men using the internet at 82.6%, against 57.7% nationally. On young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 49.7%, it sits close to the national mark.