A community institute offering free 2 to 6 month courses in tailoring, beauty, food processing and electrical work.
Nainital trains 553.7 youth per lakh under short-term skilling programmes, better than the typical district. 42.6% 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.
82% of registered enterprises are in services while 18% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 100% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Nainital, which ranks 1 of 13 in Uttarakhand for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 54.4 out of 100. On skilling trainees who get certified at 97.4% and women in the labour force at 47%, it sits close to the national mark.