A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Kottayam disburses ₹48,879 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 115.1 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 8% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 88% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Kottayam, which ranks 3 of 15 in Kerala for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 58.1 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 31.2%, while it lags on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 40.2%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 89.4% and women-owned enterprises at 22.6%, it sits close to the national mark.