Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
67.8% of young men in Kollam read a newspaper regularly, better than the typical district. 78.5% use the internet, better than the typical district. MY Bharat and the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan build on this base to organise youth for civic and community participation.
73% of registered enterprises are in services while 27% are in manufacturing. Only 6% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 90% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Kollam, which ranks 6 of 15 in Kerala for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 56.7 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on women who read a newspaper regularly at 59.4%, women using the internet at 46.3% and higher-education enrolment at 33.5%. On young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 44.3%, it sits close to the national mark.