Radio jockey training for visually impaired 18 Mar 2009, 2340 hrs IST, TNN PUNE: If a city-based institute has its way, the visually impaired will soon get a chance to play your favourite music on the radio. Seamless
Education Academy is to provide free radio jockey training to the visually impaired in batches of five starting this month. Addressing a press conference on Wednesday, chairman of SeamEdu Arun Nigwekar said it is a way to provide more job avenues to the visually impaired as part of their corporate social responsibility initiative. While only five of the eight will be chosen for the first batch, the remaining three will be absorbed into the second batch due to start in April. "For the first six months, SeamEdu will train the batch of five absolutely free, but after that we would expect some kind of sponsorship to continue with the initiative," said MD Kedar Nigwekar. Gene Parker, an internationally recognised radio personality, who is visually impaired, will also be part of the initiative and will not only act as an advisor but also teach the students the software related aspects of jockeying. "There are quite a few softwares and devices the visually impaired can use. There are more and more options now for blind people but what we need is more encouragement from big organisations," Parker said. Brother-sister duo Ismail and Nilofar Attar, who are among the chosen eight, said they have received a wonderful opportunity and one they hope will get them good jobs. "We have become more confident and our communication skills have improved after the few days of training we received. The actual course will help us better," they said. Meena Bedarkar of the Nirmalya Trust was equally supportive of the initiative. "It is not only a way of diverting them to new fields but also teaches them many new things. It is a one of its kind initiative and we hope it will continue seeing the enthusiasm among kids," she said. Source: Times of India To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
