Pillar: Education & Training
West Jaintia Hills trains 427.3 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.
77% of registered enterprises are in services while 23% are in manufacturing. Only 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 53% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In West Jaintia Hills, which ranks 7 of 12 in Meghalaya for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 42.4 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 95.9%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the JSS (Jan Shikshan Sansthan) in West Jaintia Hills are in the West Jaintia Hills district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the West Jaintia Hills youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.