Pillar: Education & Training
Kupwara trains 797 youth per lakh under short-term skilling programmes, better than the typical district. 24.3% of young women aged 15 to 21 are out of education, better than 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.
77% of registered enterprises are in services while 23% are in manufacturing. Only 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 47% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 3% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Kupwara, which ranks 8 of 20 in Jammu and Kashmir for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 53.4 out of 100. On skilling trainees who get certified at 97.2% and women in the labour force at 50.1%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the JSS (Jan Shikshan Sansthan) in Kupwara are in the Kupwara district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Kupwara youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.