A community institute offering free 2 to 6 month courses in tailoring, beauty, food processing and electrical work.
Darjeeling trains 121.9 youth per lakh under short-term skilling programmes, behind the typical district. 30.1% of young women aged 15 to 21 are out of education, close to 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.
86% of registered enterprises are in services while 14% are in manufacturing. Only 9% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 77% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Darjeeling, which ranks 3 of 23 in West Bengal for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52.1 out of 100. On skilling trainees who get certified at 98.6% and women in the labour force at 49.1%, it sits close to the national mark.