Pillar: Education & Training
Mokokchung trains 582 youth per lakh under short-term skilling programmes, better than the typical district. 29.8% 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.
60% of registered enterprises are in services while 40% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 28% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 17% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Mokokchung, which ranks 6 of 17 in Nagaland for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 51.2 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on women in the labour force at 67.1%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 97.1%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the JSS (Jan Shikshan Sansthan) in Mokokchung are in the Mokokchung district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Mokokchung youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.