A community institute offering free 2 to 6 month courses in tailoring, beauty, food processing and electrical work.
Durg trains 179.6 youth per lakh under short-term skilling programmes, behind the typical district. 37% 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.
81% of registered enterprises are in services while 19% are in manufacturing. Only 8% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 64% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Durg, which ranks 2 of 33 in Chhattisgarh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 51.1 out of 100. On skilling trainees who get certified at 95.9% and women in the labour force at 50.3%, it sits close to the national mark.