Pillar: Agency & Engagement
16.8% of young men in Gyalshing read a newspaper regularly, behind the typical district. 73.3% use the internet, better than the typical district. MY Bharat and the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan build on this base to organise youth for civic and community participation.
82% of registered enterprises are in services while 18% are in manufacturing. Only 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 68% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 7% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Gyalshing, which ranks 4 of 6 in Sikkim for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 55.3 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on women using the internet at 73.8%, young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 56.9% and higher-education enrolment at 34.7%. On women who read a newspaper regularly at 11.8%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the MY Bharat / NYKS in Gyalshing are in the Gyalshing district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Gyalshing youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.