A community institute offering free 2 to 6 month courses in tailoring, beauty, food processing and electrical work.
Vadodara trains 52.7 youth per lakh under short-term skilling programmes, behind the typical district. 56.2% 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.
78% of registered enterprises are in services while 22% are in manufacturing. Only 9% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 65% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Vadodara, which ranks 3 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 53.2 out of 100. On skilling trainees who get certified at 95.7% and women in the labour force at 49.2%, it sits close to the national mark.