Pillar: Education & Training
Jhabua has a youth unemployment rate of 0%, better than the typical district. The district's secondary enrolment rate is 52.6%, 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.
80% of registered enterprises are in services while 20% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 53% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Jhabua, which ranks 26 of 55 in Madhya Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 43.5 out of 100. It trails the national picture on higher-education enrolment at 15.6% and ITI seats per lakh youth at 242.7.
What the Career Counselling Cell is required to do, who runs it and how to find one are in the Career Counselling Cell reference. For Jhabua specifically, see the Jhabua district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). The Jhabua youth opportunity scorecard carries the full district picture.