Pillar: Education & Training
Dantewada trains 144.5 youth per lakh under short-term skilling programmes, behind the typical district. 55.1% 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.
80% of registered enterprises are in services while 20% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 50% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 7% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Dantewada, which ranks 5 of 33 in Chhattisgarh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 47.8 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on women in the labour force at 68.4%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 98.6%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the JSS (Jan Shikshan Sansthan) in Dantewada are in the Dantewada district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Dantewada youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.