Pillar: Education & Training
Surendranagar trains 140.6 youth per lakh under short-term skilling programmes, behind the typical district. 72% 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.
72% of registered enterprises are in services while 28% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 37% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 24% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Surendranagar, which ranks 29 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 44.9 out of 100. On skilling trainees who get certified at 97.8% and women in the labour force at 51.5%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the JSS (Jan Shikshan Sansthan) in Surendranagar are in the Surendranagar district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Surendranagar youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.