Principal Secretary of the Government of India’s Department of Social Security and Empowerment for Persons with Disabilities (SSEPD) Niten Chandra on Thursday said here that persons with disabilities are provided skill development training in a big way in Odisha to improve their employability.
And the list of trainees would be shared with the Collector of the concerned district for extending cooperation to avail services laid down under different programmes of the Government, said he.
Assistant Director of Vocational Rehabilitation Centre for Handicapped (VRCH), Bhubaneswar Ram Kishor Sharma presided over the programme. Director, Department of Social Security and Empowerment for Persons with Disabilities (SSEPD) Mansi Nimbhal also attended the meeting. During April-June 2016-17, a total of 38 persons with disabilities (PwDs) were imparted skills training by the VRCH under the Union Ministry of labour and Employment and the Social Security and Empowerment for Persons with Disabilities Department of the State Government.
As per official sources, VRCH, which is sponsored by Odisha State Employment Mission (OSEM) imparted training to 25 PwDs in dressmaking and 13 in computer fundamentals. Among the 38 trained PwDs, 16 were male and 22 were female. Tool kits along with sewing machines to 25 trainees were distributed to those who were imparted training in dressmaking.
After receiving training, two trainees have already been placed in the industry. An amount of Rs73.78 lakh has been sanctioned for the financial year 2016-17 by the Odisha State Employment Mission Society to impart skill training to 360 PwDs in six trades.
Those include Tailor (Basic Sewing Operator), Accounts Assistant using Tally, Computer Hardware Assistant, Electrician Domestic, Beauty Therapy and Hair Styling level, Repair and Maintenance of personal electronic devices (Mobile Repairing).