Pillar: Education & Training
West Garo Hills trains 393.1 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.
75% of registered enterprises are in services while 25% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 58% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 13% of ITI trainers are certified.
In West Garo Hills, which ranks 3 of 12 in Meghalaya for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 45.4 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 96.3%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the JSS (Jan Shikshan Sansthan) in West Garo Hills are in the West Garo Hills district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the West Garo Hills youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.