Tamil Nadu - Salem   

Programme to uplift villagers through IT

Staff Reporter

Government to extend loans for women SHGs to set up information kiosks

NEW AVENUES: The centres will throw open a lot of opportunities for income generation. - Photo: P. Goutham

SALEM: The district administration has organised a training programme, `Building skills of the self-help group (SHG) women in establishing information kiosks' at the Sona College of Technology here on Tuesday.

Basics in computer

Inaugurating the programme, the Project Officer of Mahalir Thittam, R. Saroja said the 12-day training programme was aimed at developing the socio-economic conditions of the rural areas through information technology. It would help SHG women learn the basics in computer such as word processing, computerised accounting, image manipulation, page making and the internet.

After successful completion of training, the State Government would extend loans with subsidy to the women to set up kiosks at their village.

These kiosks would provide information on weather, farm technologies, market trends, cropping seasons, examination schedules and railway timings to the villagers.

Students in the rural areas could learn subjects through compact disc tutorials, apply for registration to the District Employment Exchange and download application forms for various entrance examinations through these kiosks. Besides, these information centres would throw open a number of opportunities for the SHG members to generate income.

Increasing income

The secretary of the College A. Dhirajlal said the women could utilise the kiosks to serve several purposes. Such diversified utilisation would help them earn more.

The principal of the College P. Govindarajan welcomed the gathering. The Head of the Department of Information Technology, B. Saravanan was present.

In Namakkal district, a similar training programme for SHG women was held at the K.S.R. College of Technology in Tiruchengode on Monday. Collector V.M. Xavier Chrisso Nayagam inaugurated the programme. The chairman of the college K.S. Rangasamy was present.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Stories in this Section

Programme to uplift villagers through IT
Over 7 lakh family cards renewed
Poll rolls: identification of bogus applications almost over
Boil drinking water, residents told
Panamarathupatti lake, channels inspected
CPI stages demonstration

Copyright © 2005, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu