PWDs to get free stipendiary training

Staff Reporter

Shillong, Sept 18: The National Career Service Centre for Differently Abled, Shillong will start a free stipendiary training in Computer Application and Electrical and home Appliance Repair to Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjans) candidates belonging to Orthopedically Handicapped, Visual Impairment, Hearing impairment, Mild Intellectual disability, Multiple Disabilities and Nile Leprosy Cured.

The duration of the training programme is six months to a maximum of one year. During the period of the training programme, the concerned beneficiary will get a stipend amount of Rs. 2,500/- per month through the DBT process.

Interested candidates are requested to submit their bio-data along with desired documents like educational qualification, disability certificate, Aadhar card, caste certificate, passport size photo & bank account details to the office situated at Keating Road on or before 30th September 2023.

National Career Service Centre for Differently Abled (erstwhile VRC) is a subordinate office under Directorate General of Employment (DGE), Ministry of Labour & Employment Govt. of India and has been working for the welfare of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) through counselling, evaluation, imparting non-formal vocational training, rehabilitation and other outreach activities in order to bring them into the mainstreams model of development since October 2022 in the state of Meghalaya.

Need of reservation policy for vulnerable section: Hek

BJP leader and cabinet minister AL Hek on Friday asserted the need for the reservation policy to give priority to the vulnerable section of the society in the Khasi, Jaintia and Garo Hills region.

“If you ask me, everybody should get justice. Why not now the job reservation policy give priority to the vulnerable society of Khasi, Jaintia and Garo and also some percentage for the established families (of the three tribes). However, 50 per cent should be reserved for Khasi, Jaintia and Garo from the vulnerable section of the society,” Hek told reporters.

He added, “Let this also come out why only think about rich people. Give a chance to the poorest of the poor also (so that they can) at least stand on their feet, have their own position, and look after their family very well.”

Hek said, “Now we are getting 40:40 (from this), we will make it 50 per cent for the vulnerable society of Khasi, Jaintia and Garo and another 30 per cent of which 15 per cent will go Khasi-Jaintia and 15 per cent to Garo. What is wrong as all 80 per cent will go to our own community only. By doing this, the benefit will come to the poor people of the state of Meghalaya who are the tribal people.”

He said there are so many poor people who from generation to generation, their family were not given the opportunity to get a government job.

As far as the implementation of the roster system is concerned, Hek said he had convened a meeting with all senior BJP leaders to discuss this issue.

“We have not called entire leaders of BJP who are from Jaintia Hills, Garo Hills but only few leaders who are stationed in Shillong. Now, we have decided and told our president Ernest Mawrie also yesterday that we want this meeting to be called immediately with all the members including from Garo Hills, Jaintia Hills to discuss this sensitive issue which is prevailing in this present situation in the state of Meghalaya,” he said.

Further, the BJP leader also referred to the deputy chief minister Prestone Tynsong’s statement that the government had filed an affidavit three times before the High Court for implementing the roster prospectively and said, “So the government has taken initiative on this issue.”

He said that they expect the chief minister to call the cabinet meeting anytime to discuss this sensitive issue.