- 4A, Behind Dainik Bhaskar, JLN Marg, Jaipur
- 0141-2711683
- info@shreenirmalvivek.org
"SAMARTH" - Vocational Training Center for Young Adults
The philosophy behind the sheltered workshops is to train students in a vocation, which will help them in becoming financially independent and productive members of society and to teach the students work place ethics.
In today's world each one is looking for better job prospects and making their life more meaningful in their terms. It is an irony that our special students find themselves at cross roads not knowing what to do or how to engage themselves after the basic schooling and vocational training. Many of our students have come of age and now need to become economically independent. Even after vocational training, the special needs persons are unable to obtain jobs in industry and commercial establishments in wider society.
The result is loss of hope and confidence, which sweeps their life when they have no option but to sit at home, actually resulting in unlearning what they actually have learnt over the years, thus started the need for sheltered workshops. The training program along with employment is a step towards working for their economic rehabilitation.
The sales of the products made by our student trainees help us in raising funds for our organization and providing stipend to students who train in it, thus, leading to greater self-sufficiency at student and institutional level.
The vocational training program aims at the following:-
- To develop relevant vocational skills and competence among the intellectually and multiply disabled youth to improve their quality of life.
- To serve intellectually and multiply disabled youth, emphasizing school to career and other career readiness programs in the partnership with the parents, disabled friendly industries and corporate houses.
- Build awareness about career and employment options for intellectually and multiply disabled individual who face significant barriers to employment; and provide education, training and workplace experiences so they may actively pursue these options.
- Provide education in the fundamentals of business and economics, the importance of savings, the basics of personal financial management and related consumer issues.
Students are assessed for ability and interest in learning skills for life vocations at "SAMARTH" The areas of training are varied and dynamic and are sometimes introduced to suit the needs of particular students.
Besides the vocational training the curriculum also includes formal education through National Open School from class 3 to 10, sports and yoga, therapeutic interventions (like speech and occupational therapy), extracurricular activities like music, dance and art and activities of daily living, computer training.
