Pillar: Education & Training
Tiruvannamalai has a youth unemployment rate of 25.1%, behind the typical district. The district's secondary enrolment rate is 80%, 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.
71% of registered enterprises are in services while 29% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 70% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 49% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Tiruvannamalai, which ranks 35 of 38 in Tamil Nadu for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 46.5 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on higher-education enrolment at 24.6% and ITI seats per lakh youth at 767.4.
Mandated services and how to locate the Career Counselling Cell in Tiruvannamalai are in the Tiruvannamalai district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Tiruvannamalai youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.