The net enrolment of 79.4% and gross enrolment of 100% in primary education, excluding enrolment in monastic education and enrolment to schools outside the country
reveals that most of the youth are in the schools. Nevertheless, due to high and increasing dropout rate from classes below class X, a large and increasing cohort of students coming out from classes X (not getting admission to higher secondary education due to limited seats in class XI) and another large and expanding group of students coming out from class XII (who are not admitted to tertiary level programmes) comprise the largest mass of job seekers. This cohort forms the most vulnerable populace, whose unemployment problems, which is on the rise is a major concern to the nation. It is this concern that is the subject of my essay.