A community institute offering free 2 to 6 month courses in tailoring, beauty, food processing and electrical work.
Rajkot trains 77.9 youth per lakh under short-term skilling programmes, behind the typical district. 64.8% 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.
58% of registered enterprises are in services while 42% are in manufacturing. Small and medium enterprises account for 11% of MSME employment. Enrolment in classes 9 to 12 equals 66% of the population of that age.
In Rajkot, which ranks 8 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52.5 out of 100. It trails the national picture on women in the labour force at 32.2%, against 49.0% nationally. On skilling trainees who get certified at 94.6%, it sits close to the national mark.