A community institute offering free 2 to 6 month courses in tailoring, beauty, food processing and electrical work.
East Garo Hills trains 105.3 youth per lakh under short-term skilling programmes, behind the typical district. 26% 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.
54% of registered enterprises are in services while 46% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 60% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In East Garo Hills, which ranks 12 of 12 in Meghalaya for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 37.1 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on women in the labour force at 69.6%.