The major activities of Jan Shikshan Sansthan, (Lucknow, Kanpur & Dehradun) formerly known as Shramik Vidyapeeth, is to organize skill development courses for non-literates, neo-literates and educationally deprived sections to provide technical guidance, resource services towards skill development programmes organized by Zilla Lok Shiksha Samiti, to acquaint the participants with the latest social and economic conditions of the area, monitor & coordinate the activities of Lok Shiksha Kendra and Nodal Centres. Organize the orientation training programmes of master trainers and key resource persons in skill development courses.

Jan Shikshan Sansthan also tries to create a critical awareness among the learners on the issues of national importance, viz., environment, national integration, population & development, women's equality, etc.

All the three Jan Shikshan Sansthan are headed by separate Directors and run by management committees constituted by Govt. of India under the aegis India Literacy Board.