UP has 3rd highest employable population: Report

The sectors for which Uttar Pradesh featured among the leading states included BPO/KPO/ITeS, manufacturing, financial services, insurance and consumer goods

Uttar Pradesh has been ranked third for having the highest employable population in India, showed India Skills Report 2015, released jointly by Wheebox, PeopleStrong and LinkedIn.

The report, released in association with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), places Delhi on top, followed by Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Bihar, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry and Tamil Nadu. It was released last month at the sixth CII Global Summit on Skill Development 2014 in Mumbai.

The percentage of employable candidates in Uttar Pradesh stood at 48.6 per cent. City-wise, Chennai topped the chart with 70 per cent of its students scoring above 60 per cent in the employability skills test.

Other cities that scored high were Palakkad, Kolkata, Delhi, Puducherry, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Faridabad and Pune.

About 300,000 students had taken the Wheebox Employability Skill Test (WEST) across 29 states and seven Union territories between August and October 2014. The scores were then analysed to retrieve meaningful data and emerging trends of the employability and skills among fresh job seekers. It was the second edition of the report.

Uttar Pradesh has one of the largest number of employable candidates in the 18-25 years age group spanning male and female candidates.

The report said more than 75 per cent of the test takers in Uttar Pradesh were open for apprenticeship opportunities.

Besides, the state stood among the top five states for the popular domains of B-Tech, ITI, MCA, MBA, M.Sc, BA, BCA, B.Com, B.Sc and BBA.

The sectors for which Uttar Pradesh featured among the leading states included BPO/KPO/ITeS, manufacturing, banking/financial services and insurance, consumer goods/durables, engineering and automotive, hospitality, software/IT and telecom.