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“Craft training must reach rural children”

KARUR: It would be good if the interesting and innovative handicraft training modules reach children even in rural areas, District Collector J. Umamaheswari. That would kindle the interest in them to achieve greater laurels, she opined.

Addressing the valedictory of the State level arts and crafts workshop for the Jawahar Bal Bhavan students from various districts that concluded here on Friday, Dr. Umamaheswari pointed out that Tamil Nadu was famous for its culture, tradition and arts that reflect the essence of the people’s aspirations.

The handicrafts and arts reflect the culture of the people of any particular region distinctively and it was good that the Jawahar Bal Bhavan gave an opportunity to the young students to undergo training in that sphere. The training the children got during the camp would be pretty useful to them in honing their skills effectively, she observed. The chance to train in varied handicrafts would also help the children in bringing out their latent talents and enable them to make a mark in their career, she noted.

It would be good if students from the rural areas too were exposed to such trainings and workshops on handicrafts as that kindle their interest in arts and culture and stimulate them to achieve greater laurels, the District Collector observed.

Efforts would be taken to construct own buildings to house the Government Music School and Jawahar Bal Bhavan here in Karur, Dr. Umamaheswari disclosed. Already land has been made available to the Department of Art and Culture and a sum of Rs. 10 lakh has been allotted through the district panchayat. Additional money would be sanctioned to enable the department to have its own building to house the music school and Jawahar Bal Bhavan, she said.

Assistant Director of Art and Culture R. Gunasekaran said that during 1997 the number of government music schools in the State went up to 20. The Government Music School here was established then. The schools and the Jawahar Bal Bhavan that started to function here simultaneously were proclaiming that anyone could have access to performing art activities if only they willed, he added.

The highlight of the workshop was the participation of 10 children from the CHEERS Special school in Tiruchi for the rehabilitated child labourers. A total of 56 boys and 50 girls from Chennai, Villupuram, Thanjavur, Tiruchi, Pudukkottai, Madurai, Thoothukkudi, Dindigul, Karur, Tirupur, Erode and Namakkal districts participated.

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