Pillar: Education & Training
Namakkal trains 564 youth per lakh under short-term skilling programmes, better than the typical district. 18% of young women aged 15 to 21 are out of education, better than the typical district. The Jan Shikshan Sansthan focuses non-formal skilling on dropouts and women who need a route back into livelihoods without returning to a classroom.
66% of registered enterprises are in services while 34% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 63% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 7% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Namakkal, which ranks 15 of 38 in Tamil Nadu for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 51.5 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on women in the labour force at 61.8%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 95.5%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the JSS (Jan Shikshan Sansthan) in Namakkal are in the Namakkal district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Namakkal youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.