Pillar: Education & Training
Cooch Behar has 225.1 ITI seats per lakh youth, behind the typical district. The district supports 72 apprenticeships per lakh youth, behind the typical district. The Government ITI is the main public channel from classroom to trade.
75% of registered enterprises are in services while 25% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 64% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 21% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Cooch Behar, which ranks 12 of 23 in West Bengal for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 44.3 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on ITI seats in government institutes at 100%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 95.4%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Government ITI in Cooch Behar are in the Cooch Behar district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Cooch Behar youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.