A community institute offering free 2 to 6 month courses in tailoring, beauty, food processing and electrical work.
Mahe trains 3,226.8 youth per lakh under short-term skilling programmes, better than the typical district. 22% of young women aged 15 to 21 are out of education, better than 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.
78% of registered enterprises are in services while 22% are in manufacturing. Only 19% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 74% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Mahe, which ranks 2 of 15 in Puducherry for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 61.6 out of 100. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96.4% and women in the labour force at 47.1%, it sits close to the national mark.