A community institute offering free 2 to 6 month courses in tailoring, beauty, food processing and electrical work.
Sundargarh trains 107.6 youth per lakh under short-term skilling programmes, behind the typical district. 41.4% 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.
83% of registered enterprises are in services while 17% are in manufacturing. Only 10% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 74% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Sundargarh, which ranks 3 of 30 in Odisha for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 49.8 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on women in the labour force at 56.3%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 91.8%, it sits close to the national mark.