In an effort to provide employment-linked skill training to differently-abled youths, the Centurion University here in partnership with Austrian company Felder Group has set up a state-of-the-art woodworking engineering learning lab at its campus at Jatni.
Skill Development and Technical Training Department Principal Secretary lN Gupta, Felder Group Board Chairman Hansjorg Felder and Export Director John Peter Calverley inaugurated the lab on Monday in the presence of a team of officials from the Felder Group.
The new lab is especially designed to create a teaching and learning ecosystem for youths with disabilities (hearing impaired) to earn their livelihood with decency and dignity through self-employment, employment and entrepreneurship.
University president Dr Mukti Kanta Mishra said, “We are working hard to create new inroads for integrated and inclusive education framework that would benefit all youths, with special focus on the segment, which is not-so-fortunate economically or academically.”