Karthika Nair Smarak Samithi Key Issues and
Operational Areas, Major Activiities & Achivements
Operational Districts: Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Idukki , Kannur, Kasaragod, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad
Operational States: KERALA
AchieveMents: DISABILITY SERVICE PROJECT
Karthika Nair Memorial Rehabilitation Centre for Orthopaedically Handicapped.
People with various disabilities constitute 7-8% of the society. In fact they are the most vulnerable and the least attended segment of the society. Integration of people with disabilities, into the main stream, is the ultimate goal of all disability services. Social and Economic rehabilitation are essential components to achieve integration of the disabled. Here the role of vocational training and rehabilitation is of vital importance.
The Karthika Nair Memorial Rehabilitation Centre is established, in 1971, in fulfillment of this objective, as enlisted in the Memorandum of Association. It is situated in the remote village of Vallamkulam in Pathanamthitta District of Kerala State. This institution, managed by Karthika Nair Smarak Samithi, is doing yeoman service in rehabilitating people with various disabilities in the State. The multifarious activities undertaken by the centre help a lot in integrating people with disabilities into the main stream.
Objectives of the Rehabilitation Centre.
1. To promote Socio -Economic Rehabilitation of the disabled.
2. To provide Vocational Training Facilities to the disabled.
3. To create Public awareness of and to promote public involvement in the Rehabilitation of the disabled.
4. To provide parental counseling and vocational guidance.
5. To do referral service.
6. To promote placement of the disabled.
The following programmes are being undertaken by the Rehabilitation Centre to fulfil the above objectives.
Programmes
a. Vocational Training
b. Placement Service.
c. Referral Service.
d. Parental Counselling.
e. Conduct of Seminars, Workshops, Medical Camps, Study tours and Excursion.
Full attention is given to nurture the residual abilities and hidden potentials of the disabled people. They are valued in terms of their abilities rather than their disability. Ofcourse, their disability, physical or otherwise and the handicap resulting from the disability, are given due attention and all possible steps, wherever necessary, are being taken to minimise the handicap. But we never allow their inferiority complex, resulting from disability, to dominate their residual ability. The modus operandi of the Rehabilitation Centre is structured in such a way as to achieve this goal.
Catagory Served
People with
1. Locomotor Disability
2. Partial Visual Impairment
3. Hearing Impairment
4. Mental Retardation
5. Cerebral Palsy
6. Multiple Disability
The various activities of the Rehabilitation Centre are detailed below.
Vocational Training of People With Disability
This is a major programme of the Rehabilitation Centre. We are preparing the disabled people, of age group 15 - 35, for placement through training in vocations of maximum employment potential, and suitable to their residual capacity. Training is free and duration of the course is two years. All the courses and syllabus are approved by Government of Kerala. Trainees are presented for the Kerala Government Technical Examinations (K G T E) in the respective trades, for Lower Grade examination in the first year and for Higher Grade in the second year. Since 1971, Twenty six batches have successfully completed training in various trades. As per available data, most of the persons, who have successfully completed their courses, are decently rehabilitated in various organisations and also in Government Departments.
Courses Offered
1. Printing Technology Group Subjects
1. Compositorââ¬â¢s Work 5. Screen Printing
2. Proof Readerââ¬â¢s Work 6. Offset Printing
3. Machine Work 7. Plate making
4. Book Binding 8. DTP & Photoshop
2. Commerce Group
1. Typewriting - English and Malayalam
2. Accountancy
3. Computer Education
D. O. A, P. G. D. C. A
D. T. P. ,Tally, Photoshop
In stipulation of the directions of Government of India, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, we are running Senior and Junior Batches. At present, the classes for the 27th senior batch and 28th junior batch are going on.
During 2015-16, 3 students are allowed to continue as third year, for preparing the for the Higher grade Kerala Govt. Technical Examination, in their respective subjects.
