Chennai:
More than 350 spastics children as Spastic Society of Tamil Nadu got equipments worth Rs 7.50 lakh to train them in employable vocation.
The equipment, which were donated by State Bank of India, Chennai general manager S A Thimmiah as part of Children’s Day celebration will help train differently abled students in the age group of 14 to 18 to get jobs.
Spastics Society of Tamil Nadu plans to develop a comprehensive five years competency based transition curriculum model, titled ‘Project Able @WOW’ that will provide transition pathway for differently abled students.
After the curriculum, the students will get on the job training, work experience in the field of food and beverage, hospitality services and environmental services paving the way for their gainful employment, SBI spokesman S Sridharan.
The training provided by Spastic Society is akin to the West where the differently-abled are given vocational jobs in five-star hotels, coffee shops etc.
Thimmiah said it was a well thought out plan by the spastics society as education alone is not enough to empower the differently abled. Vocational training is also required to train them for taking up jobs.
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