DC, Noklak, Reny Wilfred and others during the inauguration of a Vocational & Leadership Training Centre on March 19. (DIPR Photo)
Noklak, March 21 (MExN): A Vocational & Leadership training Centre for adolescent girl dropout students under the aegis of Beti Bachao Beti Phadhao (BBBP) was inaugurated at Noklak on March 19.
Speaking as the special guest, DC Noklak, Reny Wilfred informed that the trainees will be trained in weaving, shoe making, basket making, jewellery and bead making etc, a DIPR report informed.
The raw materials will be freely provided to all the selected and registered trainees and each batch will have 20 students in the first phase of six months, and number of batches will be decided based on the phase of learning, he said.
The number of trainees has been limited due to space constraints and also with an intention to provide quality training, he added.
Micro credit schemes will be linked to talented trainees and marketing avenues will be opened up through the training center for finished products.
At the leadership training centre, library facilities will also be provided where books, computers and internet facilities will be installed in order to impart proper knowledge, the DC further informed.
Stating that trainees will be taught on leadership by enabling them to spend quality time at the centre, the DC urged the trainees and the stakeholders to take ownership of the centre.
Meanwhile, SDO (C) Noklak C Phuniang said that the centre was a humble beginning with a big vision of bringing economic empowerment of women. He also expressed appreciation to the DC and the District Administration Tuensang for sparing the much required fund to manage the center.
Phuniang also encouraged the trainers and trainees to take responsibility by taking it sincerely in order to realise the outcome from the training as envisioned.
As per the DIPR report, President, Khiamniungan Tribal Council, M.Thango, in his speech, said, that the training centre is an opportunity for the girl dropout students to learn new skills for their livelihood and called upon them get proper training.
