A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
East Khasi Hills disburses ₹18,958 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 715.7 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, better than the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
84% of registered enterprises are in services while 16% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 75% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In East Khasi Hills, which ranks 1 of 12 in Meghalaya for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 49.6 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 35.6% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 53.4%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96.2% and women-owned enterprises at 50.9%, it sits close to the national mark.