Pillar: Agency & Engagement
13.2% of young men in East Garo Hills read a newspaper regularly, behind the typical district. 30.8% use the internet, behind the typical district. MY Bharat and the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan build on this base to organise youth for civic and community participation.
54% of registered enterprises are in services while 46% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 51% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In East Garo Hills, which ranks 5 of 12 in Meghalaya for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 44 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 54.3%, while it lags on higher-education enrolment at 15.7%. On women who read a newspaper regularly at 10.8% and women using the internet at 32.9%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the MY Bharat / NYKS in East Garo Hills are in the East Garo Hills district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the East Garo Hills youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.