A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
West Garo Hills disburses ₹6,772 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 393.1 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.
75% of registered enterprises are in services while 25% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 69% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In West Garo Hills, which ranks 2 of 12 in Meghalaya for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 45.1 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 46.5% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 54.7%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96.3% and women-owned enterprises at 19.8%, it sits close to the national mark.