Pillar: Education & Training
Kinnaur trains 1,809.1 youth per lakh under short-term skilling programmes, better than the typical district. 45.7% 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 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 56% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 43% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Kinnaur, which ranks 7 of 12 in Himachal Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 54.8 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on women in the labour force at 68.5%, while it lags on skilling trainees who get certified at 83.4%.
Mandated services and how to locate the JSS (Jan Shikshan Sansthan) in Kinnaur are in the Kinnaur district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Kinnaur youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.