A community institute offering free 2 to 6 month courses in tailoring, beauty, food processing and electrical work.
Dantewada trains 144.5 youth per lakh under short-term skilling programmes, behind the typical district. 57.6% 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 59% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Dantewada, which ranks 3 of 33 in Chhattisgarh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 50.2 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on women in the labour force at 66.9%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 98.6%, it sits close to the national mark.