A community institute offering free 2 to 6 month courses in tailoring, beauty, food processing and electrical work.
Kathua trains 619.7 youth per lakh under short-term skilling programmes, better than the typical district. 39% 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.
84% of registered enterprises are in services while 16% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 70% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Kathua, which ranks 7 of 20 in Jammu and Kashmir for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 53.1 out of 100. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96.5% and women in the labour force at 45.5%, it sits close to the national mark.