A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Coimbatore disburses ₹56,717 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 582.6 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, better than the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
68% of registered enterprises are in services while 32% are in manufacturing. Only 9% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 100% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Coimbatore, which ranks 5 of 38 in Tamil Nadu for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 57.7 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 20.8%, while it lags on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 40.5%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 94.7% and women-owned enterprises at 29.1%, it sits close to the national mark.