A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
West Jaintia Hills disburses ₹10,386 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 427.3 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.
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 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 95.9% and women-owned enterprises at 41.2%, it sits close to the national mark.