The Amway Opportunity Foundation gave away its annual aid to the Palli Unnayan Seva Samiti (PUSS) here to facilitate computer education at the AOF-PUSS Computer Centre, which was set up by the foundation in 2008.
Notably, the centre has received accreditation from the Board of Secondary Education this year to conduct the two-year course of Diploma in Computer Application (DCA).
A total of 33 girl students studying in Class-IX have already enrolled for the course.
last year, the AOF upgraded the computer centre with a purpose to make it a vocational centre in IT.
At present, the Centre is equipped with 15 computers, a printer and an internet facility.
Amway India Odisha Area Manager Bishnu Prasad Mohapatra said that the DCA course will enable the students to pursue higher studies in IT
and the accreditation from the State Government is a key development in our endeavor to make the students self-reliant. Similarly, PUSS secretary Swati Suchismita Patra expressed her gratitude towards the foundation for extending its support in setting up the centre for the benefit of 248 girl children of the
organisation.