A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Rohtas disburses ₹9,595 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 79.2 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, behind the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
76% of registered enterprises are in services while 24% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 48% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Rohtas, which ranks 4 of 38 in Bihar for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 44.7 out of 100. It trails the national picture on self-employed workers at 68.5% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 26.4%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 97.3% and women-owned enterprises at 20.6%, it sits close to the national mark.