Pillar: Education & Training
Pandhurna has a youth unemployment rate of 12.4%, behind the typical district. The district's secondary enrolment rate is 75.1%, better than the typical district. The Career Counselling Cell sits at this junction, steering students toward further study or work before they fall out of either.
79% of registered enterprises are in services while 21% are in manufacturing. Only 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 47% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Pandhurna, which ranks 10 of 55 in Madhya Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 45.6 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on higher-education enrolment at 27.1%. On ITI seats per lakh youth at 633.9, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Career Counselling Cell in Pandhurna are in the Pandhurna district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Pandhurna youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.