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Vocational rehabilitation training

CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu branch of the National Association for the Blind will conduct vocational rehabilitation training classes for visually challenged persons from June 18 on its Madhavaram premises. Training in areas such as music, operation of computers and telephone operation will be given. Classes will be held on all weekdays between 9.45 a.m. and 5.45 p.m. Free boarding and lodging will be provided for visually challenged persons from Tamil Nadu.

For further details, call: 2558 6598 or 2537 6856or 94443 50075.

Schools heads transferred

Heads of Chennai Corporation High and Higher Secondary schools received transfer orders after a counselling session on Saturday. Mayor M. Subramanian handed over the orders to 166 heads of schools. On June 16, counselling-based transfers will be given to schoolteachers, including physical trainers and craft teachers, according to a press release.

Book bank to help

poor students

Sri Sumati Vishal Jain Book Bank proposes to help underprivileged engineering and computer science students. The applications for the students are available at 12, Rameswaran Road, T. Nagar, between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. A letter from the college heads recommending the students should be submitted along with the applications. For further details, contact: 2436 0675.

Free uniforms and notebooks

Tamil People Social Service Centre will distribute free uniforms and notebooks to underprivileged children of Jaigopal Garodia School and Corporation School on Sunday at 3.30 p.m. at Second Street, AVM Colony, Virugambakkam. The students can contact with their report cards. For details, call: 93811 99151 or 2377 5253.

Training programme

The Juvenile Guidance Bureau, a voluntary organisation, conducted a four-day training programme on `Life Skills Training for Health Promotion', in association with Tamil Nadu AIDS Control Society. The programme, which concluded on Saturday, was aimed at training trainers to teach the children ways of improving self-awareness, self-esteem, social skills, communication, assertiveness, decision making, problem solving and anger management.

EFSI website launched

The Employers' Federation of Southern India (EFSI) launched its website — www.efsi.org — recently. Information on seminars, meetings and workshops organised by EFSI will be available on the site.

It was launched by J.N. Amrolia, Executive Director (HR), Ashok Leyland.

Diabetes camp

A diabetes awareness camp will be held on June 17 at 1, Moosa Street, T. Nagar, between 10 A.M. and noon. For details, call: 2434 0627 or 2434 0756.

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