A community institute offering free 2 to 6 month courses in tailoring, beauty, food processing and electrical work.
Surguja trains 265.3 youth per lakh under short-term skilling programmes, close to the typical district. 38.1% 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.
84% of registered enterprises are in services while 16% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 66% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Surguja, which ranks 18 of 33 in Chhattisgarh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 43.7 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on women in the labour force at 72.5%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 95.3%, it sits close to the national mark.