Free child care training programme for women to begin in Visakhapatnam on Nov 2
Visakhapatnam, Oct 30 (TNT) Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisations, Visakhapatnam district, in association with the Andhra Pradesh State Skill Development Corporation (APSSDC), will organise a free child care taker training programme for women from November 2.
The 360-hour training programme will be conducted at the Sri Sathya Sai Mahila Skill Development Centre at Yendada, with the objective of equipping women with skills to care for children aged between two and six years and enabling them to pursue employment or self-employment opportunities, the organisation said in a release on Friday.
Women aged 19 to 40 years, including those who have not passed Class 10, are eligible to enrol.
The programme is being offered free of cost, and participants who successfully complete the training will receive a government certificate.
The training is expected to provide employment opportunities in child care centres, hospitals, kindergartens and home-based child care services.
R Lakshmana Rao, State President of Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisations, Andhra Pradesh, will attend as the special guest.
Deputy Commissioner of Labour K Dinesh Kumar, District Skill Development Officer N Govinda Rao, paediatrician Dr Rajani Mukherjee and Dr M Madhavi will also participate.
The programme is being organised under the Skill Development Programme wing of the Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisations, Andhra Pradesh.
The organisers have appealed to eligible women, particularly unemployed women and those engaged in household work, to utilise the opportunity.
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