A community institute offering free 2 to 6 month courses in tailoring, beauty, food processing and electrical work.
West Jaintia Hills trains 427.3 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.
77% of registered enterprises are in services while 23% are in manufacturing. Only 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 64% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In West Jaintia Hills, which ranks 5 of 12 in Meghalaya for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 42.1 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on women in the labour force at 69.6%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 95.9%, it sits close to the national mark.