A community institute offering free 2 to 6 month courses in tailoring, beauty, food processing and electrical work.
Burhanpur trains 148.7 youth per lakh under short-term skilling programmes, behind the typical district. 56.9% of young women aged 15 to 21 are out of education, behind 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.
72% of registered enterprises are in services while 28% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 50% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Burhanpur, which ranks 46 of 55 in Madhya Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 41 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on women in the labour force at 60.5%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96.2%, it sits close to the national mark.