Pillar: Education & Training
Purba Medinipur has a youth unemployment rate of 16.7%, behind the typical district. The district's secondary enrolment rate is 73.6%, 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.
67% of registered enterprises are in services while 33% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 61% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 9% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Purba Medinipur, which ranks 14 of 23 in West Bengal for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 43.5 out of 100. It trails the national picture on ITI seats per lakh youth at 340.1. On higher-education enrolment at 18%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Career Counselling Cell in Purba Medinipur are in the Purba Medinipur district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Purba Medinipur youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.