Pillar: Education & Training
Kandhamal trains 391 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.
81% of registered enterprises are in services while 19% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 75% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 13% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Kandhamal, which ranks 28 of 30 in Odisha for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 40.9 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 98.6%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the JSS (Jan Shikshan Sansthan) in Kandhamal are in the Kandhamal district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Kandhamal youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.