Pillar: Education & Training
South West Garo Hills trains 766.2 youth per lakh under short-term skilling programmes, better than the typical district. 28% 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.
68% of registered enterprises are in services while 32% are in manufacturing. Only 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 33% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In South West Garo Hills, which ranks 10 of 12 in Meghalaya for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 40.5 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on women in the labour force at 67.2%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 99.6%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the JSS (Jan Shikshan Sansthan) in South West Garo Hills are in the South West Garo Hills district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the South West Garo Hills youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.