A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Korea disburses ₹39,709 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 445.2 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, better than the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
80% of registered enterprises are in services while 20% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 52% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Korea, which ranks 26 of 33 in Chhattisgarh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 42.2 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 69.5%, while it lags on self-employed workers at 71.8%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 98.4% and women-owned enterprises at 8.7%, it sits close to the national mark.