Pillar: Education & Training
Dehradun has a youth unemployment rate of 8.3%, better than the typical district. The district's secondary enrolment rate is 100%, 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.
84% of registered enterprises are in services while 16% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 100% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Dehradun, which ranks 5 of 13 in Uttarakhand for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on higher-education enrolment at 70.1% and ITI seats per lakh youth at 811.6.
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 Dehradun specifically, see the Dehradun district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). The Dehradun youth opportunity scorecard carries the full district picture.