A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Hassan disburses ₹52,542 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 214.6 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, behind the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
77% of registered enterprises are in services while 23% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 67% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Hassan, which ranks 5 of 31 in Karnataka for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52.7 out of 100. On skilling trainees who get certified at 97.6%, self-employed workers at 54.7%, women-owned enterprises at 20.4% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 42.9%, it sits close to the national mark.