Pillar: Education & Training
Banaskantha trains 73.6 youth per lakh under short-term skilling programmes, behind the typical district. 61.2% 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.
73% of registered enterprises are in services while 27% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 51% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 40% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Banaskantha, which ranks 32 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 43.1 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on women in the labour force at 56.4%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the JSS (Jan Shikshan Sansthan) in Banaskantha are in the Banaskantha district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Banaskantha youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.