Pillar: Agency & Engagement
17.7% of young men in East Jaintia Hills read a newspaper regularly, behind the typical district. 40.3% 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.
66% of registered enterprises are in services while 34% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 37% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In East Jaintia Hills, which ranks 8 of 12 in Meghalaya for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 41 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on women who read a newspaper regularly at 14.8% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 54.3%, while it lags on women using the internet at 26.4% and higher-education enrolment at 6.4%.
Mandated services and how to locate the MY Bharat / NYKS in East Jaintia Hills are in the East Jaintia Hills district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the East Jaintia Hills youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.