A community institute offering free 2 to 6 month courses in tailoring, beauty, food processing and electrical work.
Katihar trains 99.4 youth per lakh under short-term skilling programmes, behind the typical district. 50.3% 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.
79% of registered enterprises are in services while 21% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 36% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Katihar, which ranks 35 of 38 in Bihar for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 38.8 out of 100. It trails the national picture on women in the labour force at 32.9%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96.5%, it sits close to the national mark.