A community institute offering free 2 to 6 month courses in tailoring, beauty, food processing and electrical work.
Kheda trains 38.4 youth per lakh under short-term skilling programmes, behind the typical district. 65.4% 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.
76% of registered enterprises are in services while 24% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 59% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Kheda, which ranks 30 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 44 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on women in the labour force at 59.2%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 95.9%, it sits close to the national mark.