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Vocational training for the visually impaired

Staff Reporter

CHENNAI: The Regional Centre of the National Institute of the Visually Handicapped here celebrated the completion of vocational training of 20 visually impaired youngsters on Wednesday. At the event, instruments worth around Rs.80,000 were presented to them to support their subsequent employment. The event was presided over by K. Namagiri, Deputy Director, SISI, Chennai. The 20 young people had completed year-long courses.

The Regional Director of the Centre, A.K. Mittal, appealed to employers to provide work opportunities to the visually impaired as a fulfilment of their rights.

The Centre is currently considering ways to provide loans on easy terms for trainees to take up income generation activities. It has taken up a project to provide visually impaired people in rural areas training at their homes to make them economically self-reliant. It is also planning the introduction of new training courses in FM Broadcasting and a B.Ed. in Special Education (Visual Impairment).

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