Pillar: Education & Training
Puri trains 254.7 youth per lakh under short-term skilling programmes, close to the typical district. 48.4% 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.
73% of registered enterprises are in services while 27% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 61% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 17% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Puri, which ranks 4 of 30 in Odisha for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 48.3 out of 100. It trails the national picture on women in the labour force at 17.2%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 95.8%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the JSS (Jan Shikshan Sansthan) in Puri are in the Puri district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Puri youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.