Pillar: Education & Training
Purba Bardhaman has a youth unemployment rate of 13.9%, behind the typical district. The district's secondary enrolment rate is 67%, close to the typical district. The Career Counselling Cell sits at this junction, steering students toward further study or work before they fall out of either.
75% of registered enterprises are in services while 25% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 52% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 17% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Purba Bardhaman, which ranks 10 of 23 in West Bengal for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 45.4 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on higher-education enrolment at 25%. On ITI seats per lakh youth at 666.7, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Career Counselling Cell in Purba Bardhaman are in the Purba Bardhaman district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Purba Bardhaman youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.