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• Sparsham - special initiative in Wayanad district for the Scheduled Tribe (ST) population
• Unique Disability Identity Card – enrolment programme
• Model inclusive school project
• Psychological intervention for person’s affected by flood
• Special initiative for Children with Special Needs (CwSN under Kudumbasree, Dept. of Social Justice, Govt. of Kerala)
• Learning disability certification
• Children’s play area
• Covid-19 – Mental Health Rapid Response Services for Persons with Disabilities
• Accessible election process
• Empowerment programme for special teacher educators
• Swapna Chitra -Painting Exhibition of Pw

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• SPARSHAM - SPECIAL INITIATIVE IN WAYANAD DISTRICT FOR THE SCHEDULED TRIBE (ST) POPULATION:   

Wayanad is the district in Kerala with the maximum number of tribal populations. Majority of them live in isolated remote forest areas in difficultly accessible terrains. Services need to be delivered at their doorsteps. Though there are provisions for general welfare of the tribal population through the tribal department, hitherto no service delivery provisions were made available specifically for the differently abled population among the tribal.

CRC-K intiated an innovative model project named ‘SPARSHAM’ for the PwDs belonging to ST community in the Wayanad District, with the aim to facilitae medical board certificates, assitive devices, leagl gudianship certificate and UDID under a single umbrella, with the support of District ITDP Deaprtmnet, DLSA, DSJ Department, District Medical Office and Disrict Administration.

The offical inaguation of this project was done by Hon'ble District Judge Mr. K P John on 18th October at Panamaram. Smt. Sunitha, Sub-Judge, DLSA, Mr. Cheriyan, DPO, ITDP, Dr Roshan Bijlee, Director, CRC-K, Dr Renuka, DMO and  Mr Pavithran, DSJ Officer attended the programme.

            CRC-K took an extensive effort to study the situation among the tribal population. As an initial attempt, CRC-K in association with LSGDs and Tribal Welfare Dept. conducted following awareness / training programmes in the district:

• Awareness programmes:CRC-K organized an awareness programme on 'Various Schemes and Benefits for PwDs with special Emphasis on ADIP for SC/ST promoters working in Wayanad district with the Support of District Scheduled Tribes Department from 20th to 22nd June 2019 at SulthanBathery and Kalpetta, Wayanad.

Venue	No. of beneficiaries
District Panchayat Hall, SulthanBathery	350
Seminar Hall, ST District Office, Kalpatta	75

 

• Disability assessment and evaluation camps: CRC-K in association with LSGDs and Tribal Welfare Dept. conducted 23 disability identification camps exclusively among the tribal colonies in the SulthanBathery, Kalpetta and Mananthavady regions of Wayanad district. A total of 496 PwDs could be evaluated by this unique initiative. These camps revealed that none of the PwDs had undergone any specific disability therapeutic intervention measures till date and they were left unattended with their disabilities. Vast majority of them were not even in possession of a disability medical board certificate. Faculties from dept. of Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Speech & Hearing, Special Education, Prosthetic & Orthotic Unit and Social Work & Placement Unit were attended these camps:

 

 

Sl No	Camp Place	No. of Beneficiaries
1	SulthanBatheri	31
2	Noolpuzha	30
3	Neymeni	33
4	Ambalavayal	13
5	Meenangadi	27
6	Poothadi	35
7	Pulpalli	54
8	Mullankolli
9	Padinjarethara	10
10	Thariyodu	14
11	Pozhuthana	13
12	Vythiri	8
13	Vengappalli	22
14	Kottathara	19
15	Kalpatta	10
16	Meppadi&Muppanadu	21
17	EMMAUS Villa	11
18	Thavanjal	26
19	Thirunelli	46
20	Vellamunda	12
21	Panamaram	28
22	Manathawadi	17
23	Edavaka	16
Total no. of beneficiaries		496

 

• UNIQUE DISABILITY IDENTITY CARD – ENROLLMENT PROGRAMME:        
•     The DEPwD initiated the project of issuance of Unique Disability Identity (UDID)card for the PwDs, with the aim building a holistic and to end integrated system for issuance of UDID and disability certificates for PwDs. For getting UDID and disability certificates for PwDs, beneficiaries have to submit online applications and upload required documents like Disability Medical Board certificate, Aadhaar card, Photo etc. as mandated in the portal GOI for this purpose. Many of the PwDs are not aware of the UDID card and not know how to apply for it.

 

            For helping the disabled population, CRC-K, as part of Mega Disability Medical Board Certificate issuance camps, has collected thousands of applications from beneficiaries for UDID card for processing. Nearly 1500 applications were received through the out-reach camps. To settle up the pending applications, CRC-K had initiated steps for online enrollment of these applications for UDID cards in a phased manner. Centre based UDID enrollment programme were started at CRC Kozhikode in association with District Medical Office, Kozhikode, with the support of student volunteer group.

 

No of applications enrolled for UDID Card

1100

           

 

 

• MODEL INCLUSIVE SCHOOL PROJECT:

            The project titled “Establishing Model Inclusive Education in Government School’ is an initiative of Composite Regional Centre for Skill Development, Rehabilitation and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (CRC). The project commenced on 19th August 2019.

The major objectives of this project are the following:

• Develop and validate a School Readiness Checklist for Inclusive Education (SRCIE)
• To equip and empower the administrators, teachers, peers and parents of the school identified to implement inclusive education
• To modify the classroom curriculum and activities according to the needs of the children with disabilities attending the school
• To develop adapted or modified Teaching Learning Materials to teach the adapted curriculum for children with various disabilities
• To provide support to regular school teachers in teaching children with various disabilities in an inclusive classroom using UDL (Universal Design for Learning ) Lesson Plans
• To modify the infrastructural environment suitable to the children with various disabilities

 

As per the plan of action the following activities were conducted in the Project:

• Project site: Government Vocational Higher Secondary School (GVHSS), Kuttichira was selected as the school to conduct the project. The school is located in the coastal region of Kozhikode Corporation. It was established in 1876. It is a co-educational school run by the Department of Education. The medium of instruction is Malayalam. There are 178 students studying in the Pre-Primary, Lower Primary and Upper Primary (KG to VIII standard).65% of the students belong to BPL category. Majority of the parents are daily wage earners (coolie workers and fishermen) and are of poor educational background. The school has 9 students with disability certification and get educational support from Resource Teacher who visits school twice a week. The school has a Counsellor appointed on regular basis by the Department of Education.

 

No. of Teaching Staff		No. of non-teaching staff
Female	Male	Female	Male
11	5	1	1

 

Class	Students
	Female	Male	Total
LKG	4	4	8
UKG	4	4	8
Std I	3	9	12
Std II	6	6	12
Std III	4	7	11
Std IV	8	4	12
Std V A & B	9	22	31
Std VI A & B	7	29	36
Std VII	3	7	10
Std VIII A & B	5	23	28
TOTAL			178

 

• Inauguration of Project by Kozhikode South MLA – The official inaugural function of the project was held on 22nd October 2019 at GHSS, Kuttichira at 10 AM. Mr, Haquib, PTA President Dr. Roshan Bijlee, Director, CRC-K, Mr.Shaiju V S,MrsJayashree, Vocational Higher Secondary Principal, Higher Secondary Principal, Mr. Sunil Kumar, High School Principal,Mr.Gopiraj, Rehabilitation Officer CRC-K,Mr. Jaison Peter,Special Educator,CRC-Kand the teachers participated in the program. Dr Roshan Bijlee, Director of CRC explained the project in detail.

 

• Dr M K Muneer MLA inaugurated the project and shared with them his perspective on inclusive education and explained how GHSS could become a model for other schools in inclusive education by implementing this project. He offered his support in creating a barrier free learning environment in the school.
• An access audit was conducted to know how disabled-friendly the physical environment of the school is. It was observed that the classrooms have raised threshold which can be an obstacle for wheel chair mobility, ramps in front of the pre-primary is steep and hand bars are shaky. The bathrooms, hand washing area, drinking water area are not disabled-friendly and not adequate for the students. The ramp leading to the steps towards first floor does not serve any purpose. In conclusion, the infrastructure needs to be redesigned to make it accessible, safe and hygienic.

 

 

• Development of Tools:
• School Readiness Checklist for Inclusive Education (SRCIE)

This tool consists of items related to inclusive culture, policy and practices a school need to have to make it an inclusive friendly environment.

• Students Diversity Checklist: This checklist intends to collect details of students in terms of their status on economic, academic performance, areas of interest, family atmosphere, education and occupation of parents, religion, language, and locality.
• Screening Tools: Two screening tools were developed to identify students with learning difficulties - (i) Screening Tool (KG to III) (ii) Screening Tool (IV to VIII). The tool comprises of items related to socio-emotional behaviours and academic performance of students in reading, writing and math. The purpose of this tool is to help regular teachers to identify students who require further assessment and intervention.
• Questionnaires for different school community members to understand their perspective on Inclusive Education.

• A Survey on Teachers’ Perspective on Inclusive Education
• A Survey on Parents’ Perspective on Inclusive Education
• A Survey on Local Community’s Perspective on Inclusive Education
• A Survey on Students’ Perspective on Inclusive Education (Primary)
• A Survey on Students’ Perspective on Inclusive Education (Upper Primary)

These are prepared to know the inclusive culture of the school based on the School Culture of SRCIE. The following are the aspects included in the questionnaire:

• Affective environment (Teachers & Peer attitude & relationship, encouraging)
• Learning Environment (Teaching strategies, classroom participation)
• Social Environment (Teacher & Peer interaction & support, Teacher & Parent interaction, participation in co-curricular activities)

 

• Educational Screening:

In order to identify students who require educational intervention, a screening test was conducted. 14 teacher trainees of Diploma in Special Education (ASD) II year of CRC- Kozhikode joined in conducting the screening test on 31st October & 1st November 2019 at GVHSS, Kuttichira. Students from Pre-Primary to VIII standard were assessed on basic reading, writing and math skills. Through this screening test, 16 students were identified having learning difficulties, showing signs of Specific Learning Disability, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Intellectual Disability. 92% of students lack age-appropriate reading, writing and math skills primarily due to poor study habits and low level of motivation.

 

• Training program:

A ‘Certificate Program in Inclusive Education’ was planned for teachers and short training program for parents of children with special needs, and an orientation program on inclusive education for parents & student group. Teachers training program commenced in December 2019. The details are as follows:

 

Date	Topic	Resource Person	No. of Participants
17/12/2019	Inclusive Education	Dr. Sunish T V, HOD, Special Education, CRC	15 teachers
20/12/2019	Challenges to Inclusive Education	Ms.Teresa Rani, Special Educator, CRC	16 teachers
03/01/2020	Intellectual Disability	Ms. Teresa Rani	16 teachers
10/01/2020	Specific Learning Disability	Dr. Sunish T V	9 teachers
17/01/2020	Behavior Management	Mr.Joemon George, Lecturer in Special Education	13 teachers
24/01/2020	Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder	Ms. Teresa Rani	14 teachers
31/01/2020	Autism	Mr. Jaison Peter, Special Educator, CRC	18 teachers
14/02/2020	Speech and Language Disorders	Ms. Lakshmi, Speech Therapist, CRC	11 teachers
28/02/2020	Theories of Learning in the classroom	Ms. Teresa Rani	11 teachers

 

• Formation of Committees: The following committees are suggested to the school to maintain cleanliness, to ensure discipline and to monitor the inclusive activities of the school. The formation of the committees is in process and discussions are initiated.

 

• Swachatha Committee: In order to clean the school campus and to maintain the school cleanliness, it was decided to organize a committee under the leadership of Junior Red Cross. A group activity among 7th, 8th and 9th standard students was conducted on 23rd January 2020. The main objective was to get students’ view of their school settings - to evaluate and suggest changes for improvement of the different facilities of the school on 23rd January 2020.  They were divided into 8 groups and certain areas of the school namely, Principal’s Office, Staff Room, Classroom, Computer and Science Lab, Stage, Playground, etc., was given as the topic to write the present status of the area in terms of cleanliness and what could be done to improve. The Junior Red Cross (JRC) staff-in-charge has taken the responsibility to form groups and to initiate the process of cleanliness with the support of JRC students and volunteers. The JRC leaders will be in charge of maintaining a safe and hygiene environment in the school.
• Ethics Committee: The objective of this committee is to deal with conflicts among students and staff members. The principal was informed of the need for this committee so that the conflicts in the school are properly dealt with and the individuals involved will get appropriate intervention. The team will comprise of principal, school counsellor, one teacher and a PTA member.
• Inclusive Education Committee:The committee comprises of principal, staff secretary, one teacher, parent of a child with special needs, and a PTA member. The objective of the committee to ensure that the school follows inclusive policy and practices.

 

• Setting up Learning& Resource Centre: A Learning and Resource Centre are planned in the school. The aim of this set up is to support learning of all students and to have materials for Teachers to use in the classroom and a therapy area for speech and occupational therapy. The area is identified to create this setting. PTA is requested to help raising funds to set it up. A temporary arrangement is done to place materials. Now during free time, students take materials and engage in activities that would help them to develop their cognitive and academic skills.

 

A set of TLMs were bought to assess and teach students. Table, chair and a cupboard was bought for the center using CSR fund.

• Psychological assessment: Mr Jithin, Clinical Psychologist of CRC – Kozhikode conducted diagnostic assessment of 8 students who are identified to be with learning difficulties. Out of eight cases, five cases were referred to CRC for further assessment and intervention of multidisciplinary team. As a follow up of the program, a short individual meeting was held with the parents of 8 students. Out of eight, four students are referred to CRC for further evaluation. The parents agreed to get their children for assessment at CRC, Kozhikode. The other students will attend remedial program at the school conducted by CRC staff during school vacation.

 

• Restructuring the environment to make it accessible: As per the direction of MLA Dr. M K Muneer, 3 Nirmati workers came to the school for observation, and to plan disabled- friendly environment. A short meeting was held at the school with the Principal Mr. Sunil Kumar, PTA President Mr. Prashanth, Alumni member, Dr. Sunish T V, HOD of Special Education CRC-K and Teresa Rani, Project Assistant were present. The access audit prepared by CRC-K was presented to them. They observed the settings and informed that they would discuss the requirements with the officials and get back.

 

 

 

• PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTION FOR PERSON’S AFFECTED BY FLOOD:

A special initiative was launched by CRC-K to address the Mental Health issues of PwDs among the food victims of Kerala - Three districts in the Malabar. Department of Clinical Psychology, CRC-K provided psychological intervention for Person’s affected by flood and land sliding at Kozhikode, Wayanad, and Malappuram districts with the support of District Administrations, District Mental Health Programme (DHMP) Team and various professional and voluntary organizations.

 

• The team provided psychological intervention service to both child and adult at highly flood affected areas in the districts of Malappuram, Wayanad, Kozhikode and Palakkad.

• Organized orientation and training programme for the psychologists who voluntary participates in the psychological rehabilitation for the flood victims in Wayanad, Kozhikode, Malappuram and Palakkad districts.
• Vocational Training & Rehabilitation unit of CRC-K participated in the programme initiated by Kozhikode District Collector for making phenol and supplied to the Flood relief camps in different place of Kozhikode.

 

• SPECIAL INITIATIVE FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS (CWSN) UNDER KUDUMBASREE, DEPT. OF SOCIAL JUSTICE, GOVT. OF KERALA:

Special initiative in association with Kerala State Social Justice Dept. ‘Kudumbasree’ mission to provide online/offline therapy services to address around 9000-CwSNs under their 230 ‘BUDS-special schools’ by

• • Live online clinical therapy sessions.
  • Creation of video therapy materials to facilitate home based therapy.
  • Therapy service work materials in PPT/Word/Pdf formats etc.

Dr. Sunish T V, Assistant Professor, was resource persons for the one day teacher training programme for the teachers working in the various BUDS special schools and BUDSRehabilitation Centre at Kannur District.

 

 

Dr. Sunish T V, Assistant Professor, was resource persons for the one day teacher training programme for the teachers working in the various BUDS special schools and BUDS Rehabilitation Centre atThiruvananthapuram District on 7thJuly 2019.

 

Dr. Sunish T V, Assistant Professor, was resource persons for the one day teacher training programme for the teachers working in the various BUDS special schools and BUDSRehabilitation Centre at Kollam District on 7thJuly 2019.

 

Ms. Saija. S, Lecturer Special Education, was resource persons for the one day teacher training programme for the teachers working in the various BUDS special schools and BUDSRehabilitation Centre at Kollam District on 21stJuly 2019.

 

Dr. Sunish T V, Assistant Professor and Mr. Jomon George, Lecturer – Spl. Education, was resource persons for the one day teacher training programme for the teachers working in the various BUDS special schools and BUDS Rehabilitation Centre at Kozhikode District on 27thJuly 2019.

 

Mr. Jomon George, Lecturer, Special Education, was resource persons for the one day teacher training programme for the teachers working in the various BUDS special schools and BUDS Rehabilitation Centre at Kannur District on 29thJuly 2019.

 

Mr. Jaison M Peter Special Educator, Special Education, was resource persons for the one day teacher training programme for the teachers working in the various BUDS special schools and BUDS Rehabilitation Centre at Malappuram District on 3rd August 2019.

 

 

Mr. Jaison M Peter Special Educator, Special Education,and Mr. Jomon George, Lecturer, Special Education were resource persons for the one day teacher training programmeon ‘Management of Children with various disabilities at BUDS Schools’, for the teachers working in the various BUDS special schools and BUDS Rehabilitation Centre at Thrissur District on 6th August 2019.

 

DrSunish T V, Assistant Professor, Special Education, andMr. Jomon George, Lecturer, Special Education were  resource person for the teacher training programme for the teachers working in the various BUDS special schools and BUDS Rehabilitation Centre at Kasaragod District on 21st September 2019.

 

 

Mr Jaison M Peter, Special Educator, Special Education was resource person for the one day teacher training programme for the teachers working in the various BUDS special schools and BUDSRehabilitation Centre at Palakkad District on 12th October 2019.

 

 

 

 

• LEARNING DISABILITY CERTIFICATION:

CRC-K in association with Govt. Mental Health Centre (GMHC) and SSA organized training programme for school principals and resource teachers on 'Learning Disability Certification’ on 23rd to 26th July 2019.

 

Dr. Roshan Bijlee K.N., Director, was the chief resource person for the awareness programme held at Govt. Mental Health Centre, Kozhikode on 4th August 2019.

 

Dr. Roshan Bijlee K.N, Director, CRC-K, and Dr. Sunish T.V., Asst. Professor, Special Education, CRC-K were resource persons in the ‘Assessment and Screening of LD students’. The training programme for head masters and schoolteachers and for the second level training to resource group of special teachers in the SSA – a joint initiative of CRC-K, SSA, District Medical Office, and Dept. of Education, Kozhikode held on 23rd&24th July 2019.

 

 

Mr. Jithin K, Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology, coordinated a specific learning disability assessment camp for school students with scholastic backward at SNHSS, Thaliparambu. On 4th to 7th December 2019.

 

Mr. Vishnu Aravind, Clinical Psychologist, Dept. of Clinical Psychology, CRC-K served as a Member of Disability Medical Board Camp for children with specific Learning Disability (LD) conducted by District Medical Officer(DMO),Kannur at Thaliparambu Taluk Headquarters Hospital on 21st December 2019.

 

 

Mr Vishnu Aravind, Clinical Psychologist, Department of Clinical Psychology served as a member of Disability medical board by District Medical office for the students of Government and aided school of Thaliparambu Educational District with scholastic backboard conducted at Kannur on 4th January 2020.

Mr Jaison M Peter, Special Educator, Department of Special Education attended the medical board meeting held at Govt. Mental Health Centre Kozhikode on 9th and 10th January 2020 for the evaluation and certification of Children with Learning Disability.

 

Mr Jithin K Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology served as member of medical board conducted in association with District Medical Officer Kozhikode and Education Department at Govt. General Hospital Kozhikode on 23rd January 2020.

 

Dr Sunish T V, served as member for LD assessmentin the medical board conducted at Govt. General Hospital, Kozhikode on 23rd January 2020.

 

Dr. Sunish T.V. (Asst. Professor) and Mr. Jaison M Peter (Special Educator) from Department of Special Education served as member for the Medical Board for the evaluation and certification of Children with Learning Disability organized by District Medical Officer held at GMHC, Kozhikode on 04th, 10th and 13th February 2020.

 

 

 

 

 

• CHILDREN’S PLAY AREA:

A Children’s Play area started functioning at CRC-K with the aim to improve the services for children with disabilities attending CRC-K. The play area contains some small rides/play toys like slide, tricycle etc. and a toy box.

The toy box is set as an idea where anyone can bring and drop toys in usable condition into the Toy Box and children attending our services can take away if they so desire. The response to this endeavor was very positive and children attending CRC-K are utilizing the play area in a better manner.

 

• COVID-19 – MENTAL HEALTH RAPID RESPONSE SERVICES FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES:

As a very early response, CRC-K in association with Indian Association of Clinical Psychology (IACP) Malabar chapter had already started a 24x7 COVID-19, Mental Health Rapid Response Service’ (RRS) – dedicated helpline number.

Here, a) Emergency calls (which is only a minority). b) Service requirements / awareness creation requirements / clearing of doubts etc. c) Psychological / counselling service requirement calls are all attended.  The 1st & 2nd categories are issues for which general awareness creation, clarification of basic medical queries, updating knowledge, settling of doubts etc. are required. Further needs may be requirement of assistance in availing services from the District Administration, LSGD etc. These issues are attended by the Rehabilitation Officer.  The 3rd category of calls which requires proper psychological support mechanism is attended by the Clinical Psychology department of CRC Kozhikode in association with Indian Association of Clinical Psychology  (IACP) Malabar chapter, where the voluntary service of nearly 35 RCI registered psychologists are utilized.

Online, Video psychotherapies therapies, counseling services and follow up services are provided through Whattsapp, IMO, Skype etc.

 

• ACCESSIBLE ELECTION PROCESS:

CRC-K was the State Nodal agency for PwDs in the General Election 2019 by Election Commission of India, as recommended by the DEPwD, MSJE, to ensure General Election 2019- Differently Abled Friendly – Access for All – Accessible Electoral Process. CRC-K actively involved in facilitating training/awareness creation on accessible environment for PwDs in the accessible electoral process campaign and initiatives of the District administration.

 

Sl. No.	Programme	No. of Beneficiaries
	General Election 2019- Accessible Electoral Process: Volunteers meeting at Collector's Office, Kozhikode	80
	Training cum awareness programme and delivered a talk on accessible electoral process for PwDs held at Calicut	200

 

• EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMME FOR SPECIAL TEACHER EDUCATORS:

            CRC-K in association with state council of educational research & training (SCERT), Thiruvananthapuram conducted empowerment programmes for Special Educators.

Sl. No.	Programme	No. of Beneficiaries
	Assessment and valuation using EPIC – Special Teachers training programme	50
	Core SRG training for Special Educators	56
	Empowerment Programme for Principals of Special School	40

 

Mr. Jaison M Peter, Special Educator, was resource person in the three days’ empowerment programme for Special Teacher educators” organized by State Council of Educational Research & Training (SCERT), Thiruvananthapuram. The title of the session was ‘Assessment and valuation using EPIC’.

 

Mr. Jaison M Peter, Special educator, was resource person for the three days’ core SRG training for special educators on the topic ‘Assessment and valuation using EPIC’ conducted by SCERT Kerala on 21st July 2019.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• SWAPNA CHITRA  - PAININTNG EXHIBITION OF PwDs:

No odds can smother real talent, proves the second edition of ‘Swapnachitra,’ an exhibition of paintings by 80 differently abled persons from all over the State. The exhibition, organised by CRC-Kozhikode n association with a ‘Dream of Us’ - an NGO working in the field of rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities in Kozhikode with the aims of bringing differently abled people to the mainstream of societyat Lalithakala Academy Hall, Kozhikode from 3rd March 2020 to 7th March 2020. The exhibition, the biggest of its kind in the State, features around 150 works by 80 artists. Famous writer MrVinayachandran opened the expo cum sale. The artists have been identified through the social media and various special schools.The paintings, well framed as part of the project, are put on sale, the proceeds of which will go to the respective artists. All the paintings were sold and transferred the amount to the artists.

 

 

   

 

 

CRC-K has got approval from Skill Training Cell, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Govt. of India, for implementing skill development in two different trades viz; Retail Trainee Associate for locomotor disabled (10 Trainees) and Room Attendant for mentally disabled (10 Trainees).

In each trade, 10 candidates were enrolled and Skill Training were commenced in March 2019. The training was completed successfully and online examination for assessment & certification for the trainees under the SIPDA skill training programmeon both Retail trainee associate and Room attented job roles was held on 17/07/2019. Rehabilitation Officer and Vocational Instructor of CRC-K coordinated the examination and assisted the external experts for the smooth conduct of the exam.