A community institute offering free 2 to 6 month courses in tailoring, beauty, food processing and electrical work.
Bhagalpur trains 143.1 youth per lakh under short-term skilling programmes, behind the typical district. 38.9% of young women aged 15 to 21 are out of education, behind 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.
72% of registered enterprises are in services while 28% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 47% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Bhagalpur, which ranks 3 of 38 in Bihar for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 45.3 out of 100. It trails the national picture on women in the labour force at 26.1%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96.5%, it sits close to the national mark.