A community institute offering free 2 to 6 month courses in tailoring, beauty, food processing and electrical work.
Ri Bhoi trains 782.2 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.
71% of registered enterprises are in services while 29% are in manufacturing. Small and medium enterprises account for 9.8% of MSME employment. Enrolment in classes 9 to 12 equals 66% of the population of that age.
In Ri Bhoi, which ranks 3 of 12 in Meghalaya for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 45 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on women in the labour force at 69.6%, against 49.0% nationally. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96.6%, it sits close to the national mark.