Pillar: Education & Training
Gondia has a youth unemployment rate of 11.2%, close to the typical district. The district's secondary enrolment rate is 75.6%, 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.
69% of registered enterprises are in services while 31% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 66% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 18% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Gondia, which ranks 16 of 36 in Maharashtra for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 47.6 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on ITI seats per lakh youth at 1,246. On higher-education enrolment at 21.4%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Career Counselling Cell in Gondia are in the Gondia district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Gondia youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.