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340 trained in skill-based courses

TIRUCHI: A total of 340 candidates completed the summer course on DTP, Tally-9, Basic Computer Operation, C, C++, Computer Hardware, Animation, Web Design, Cell Phone Servicing, Refrigeration & Air Conditioner Mechanism, Spoken English and Music Instruments – Key Board, Guitar Courses – conducted by the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Career Development (IECD), Bharathidasan University.

The purpose of the course conducted from April 3 to June 3 was to enable youth to spend the vacation purposefully, equipping themselves with employable skills, according to the IECD Director K. Parthasarathy.

The courses were offered for student and non-student youth, housewives, and school and college-going students.

The minimum qualification prescribed was a pass or fail in standards V to X depending on the course.

The Institute offered 50 percent scholarship for the SC/ST candidates, 25 percent for MBC & BC candidates, 100 per cent scholarship for the differently abled candidates.

University staff and their wards were given 50 per cent scholarship.

The Vice-Chancellor, M. Ponnavaikko, handed over the course completion certificates to the candidates at the ‘passing out ceremony’ held recently.

Delivering a special address on the occasion, Prof. Ponnavaikko said that skill-based education was vital for employability.

The IECD, he said, conducts 41 types of skill-based courses for the benefit of school drop-outs and unemployed youths.

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