A community institute offering free 2 to 6 month courses in tailoring, beauty, food processing and electrical work.
Eastern West Khasi Hills trains 669.9 youth per lakh under short-term skilling programmes, better than 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.
72% of registered enterprises are in services while 28% are in manufacturing. 66% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Eastern West Khasi Hills, which ranks 7 of 12 in Meghalaya for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 40.4 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on women in the labour force at 69.6%, while it lags on skilling trainees who get certified at 74.8%.