A community institute offering free 2 to 6 month courses in tailoring, beauty, food processing and electrical work.
Rajouri trains 569 youth per lakh under short-term skilling programmes, better than the typical district. 33% of young women aged 15 to 21 are out of education, close to 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.
83% of registered enterprises are in services while 17% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 66% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Rajouri, which ranks 14 of 20 in Jammu and Kashmir for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 49.3 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on women in the labour force at 62.6%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96.8%, it sits close to the national mark.