Pillar: Education & Training
Kota has a youth unemployment rate of 15.7%, behind the typical district. The district's secondary enrolment rate is 79%, 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.
75% of registered enterprises are in services while 25% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 79% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Kota, which ranks 12 of 41 in Rajasthan for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 49.1 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on higher-education enrolment at 100% and ITI seats per lakh youth at 962.1.
What the Career Counselling Cell is required to do, who runs it and how to find one are in the Career Counselling Cell reference. For Kota specifically, see the Kota district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). The Kota youth opportunity scorecard carries the full district picture.