Pillar: Education & Training
Karur trains 413 youth per lakh under short-term skilling programmes, better than the typical district. 26.7% 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.
67% of registered enterprises are in services while 33% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 68% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Karur, which ranks 23 of 38 in Tamil Nadu for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 50.1 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on women in the labour force at 61%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 97.8%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the JSS (Jan Shikshan Sansthan) in Karur are in the Karur district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Karur youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.