A community institute offering free 2 to 6 month courses in tailoring, beauty, food processing and electrical work.
Srinagar trains 1,021.5 youth per lakh under short-term skilling programmes, better than the typical district. 13.5% 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.
67% of registered enterprises are in services while 33% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 44% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Srinagar, which ranks 3 of 20 in Jammu and Kashmir for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 55.1 out of 100. It trails the national picture on women in the labour force at 39.6%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96.5%, it sits close to the national mark.