A community institute offering free 2 to 6 month courses in tailoring, beauty, food processing and electrical work.
Vizianagaram trains 297.1 youth per lakh under short-term skilling programmes, close to the typical district. 26.5% of young women aged 15 to 21 are out of education, better than the typical district. The Jan Shikshan Sansthan focuses non-formal skilling on dropouts and women who need a route back into livelihoods without returning to a classroom.
78% of registered enterprises are in services while 22% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 75% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Vizianagaram, which ranks 9 of 27 in Andhra Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 47.9 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on women in the labour force at 58.6%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 88%, it sits close to the national mark.