A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Zunheboto disburses ₹4,157 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 915.5 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.
59% of registered enterprises are in services while 41% are in manufacturing. Only 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 25% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Zunheboto, which ranks 10 of 17 in Nagaland for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 49.4 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 57.4%, while it lags on self-employed workers at 66.5%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 92.5% and women-owned enterprises at 29.3%, it sits close to the national mark.