Pillar: Education & Training
Gajapati trains 572.5 youth per lakh under short-term skilling programmes, better than the typical district. 51% of young women aged 15 to 21 are out of education, behind 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.
79% of registered enterprises are in services while 21% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 60% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 24% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Gajapati, which ranks 19 of 30 in Odisha for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 43.3 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on women in the labour force at 63.2%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 97.7%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the JSS (Jan Shikshan Sansthan) in Gajapati are in the Gajapati district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Gajapati youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.