Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
18.8% of young men in Phek read a newspaper regularly, behind the typical district. 58.1% use the internet, close to the typical district. MY Bharat and the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan build on this base to organise youth for civic and community participation.
53% of registered enterprises are in services while 47% are in manufacturing. Only 31% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Phek, which ranks 11 of 17 in Nagaland for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 48.6 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on women using the internet at 46.7% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 57.4%, while it lags on women who read a newspaper regularly at 4.7% and higher-education enrolment at 4.2%.