A community institute offering free 2 to 6 month courses in tailoring, beauty, food processing and electrical work.
Imphal West trains 1,757 youth per lakh under short-term skilling programmes, better than the typical district. 11.5% 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.
53% of registered enterprises are in services while 47% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 100% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Imphal West, which ranks 1 of 16 in Manipur for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 57.2 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on women in the labour force at 64.1%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 94.3%, it sits close to the national mark.