Capacity building training on health for unemployed youths

8:06 AM

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vocational training

The Kalimpong Municipality today started the capacity building training on health sector for unemployed youths from various blocks under the municipality. The training held at Kalimpong College is being participated by five unemployed youths from each blocks under the municipality. The programme will include training on various skills with an aim to make the participants self employed and help them sustain their life.

The inaugural day of the training had the presence of Kalimpong Municipality vice chairman Jayan Lepcha, Kalimpong College principle Dr. RP Dhakal, KM health department official Dr. Zimba along with a host of other officials. Interacting with reporters after the programme, Jayan Lepcha informed the capacity building training is being conducted under the government’s Swarna Jayanti Swarojgar Yozna. He further said the Kalimpong Municipality has been conducting a number of such training in the past under the SJSY, equipping the unemployed youth with different skills to be self reliant.

Lepcha said the municipality has already provided training on computer applications and automobile related skills, while the latest edition is being focused on health sector related skills. The health related training is being provided by doctors from the plains, he added.

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GTA starts tour guides training in the hills

8:20 AM

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vocational training

The tourism department of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) today started an initiative to train guides of tour agencies operating in the hills in an effort to make them visitor-friendly.

The guide training course by the GTA gets underway Tuesday.

The first phase of the programme will see the participants being introduced to equipment used in the trade and this is to be followed by instructions on the 28 days activities.

“The 28 days programme is basically to provide guides employed with various tour operators with the necessary information to guide tourists.

This includes knowledge about the equipment that are used, the history of the destinations, the culture prevalent in the hills and flora and fauna of the places,” said GTA tourism department executive director Sonam Bhutia.

The trainees were today given a first-hand demonstration on how to use equipment needed for trekking and climbing hilly and mountainous terrain.

“It is important to ensure guides are well versed with the equipment used in their job. We will back this up with field and spot training,” said Sangay Sherpa, the department’s adventure wing and course coordinator.

As many as 32 participants from Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Kurseong and Maneybhanjyang were present at the programme today. They will embark on a 12-day trekking exercise and cover nearly 80km. The guides will trek to Phalut and Sandakphu near the Indo-Nepal border to explore and learn more about the sub-Himalayas.

“We will be taking the trainees to various places such as Rimbick, Gorkhey, Gairibas, Singalila National Park and other areas. They  will learn about the flora and fauna of the places, culture, tradition and history, as these are aspects important to know while guiding tourists,” said Sherpa.

The 28 days programme will also include activities such as tent pitching and map reading, rafting, kayaking, cliff-jumping and river-crossing among many more. The trainees will also visit historical places, tea estates, monasteries and learn first-aid administration.

Elaborating on the programme, the first of its kind since the formation of the new administrative body, GTA tourism assistant director Dipak Kumar Lohar said, “This is the first time a training programme is being conducted for guides employed with various agencies. We felt the need for the training to ensure guides are properly trained in various aspects of tourism. Some of them are not aware of historical places in the hills.”

Lohar said a similar programme had been conducted under the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council.

“When the DGHC was functional, we did have a programme to train guides who were registered with the tourism department. We will see how the current programme takes shape and take steps accordingly,” he said.

Once the training is over, the participants will receive certificates of acknowledgement from the GTA. The tourism department also plans to get the guides listed under its aegis to ensure tourists they are in safe hands.

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Mirik - Unmukti Welfare Society began training on fabric painting

11:06 AM

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vocational training

Mirik Unmukti Welfare Society in association with Nehru Yuva Kendra, Darjeeling, today began a two-month long training camp on fabric painting at Thurboo Primary School. The training camp has 31 woman trainees who will be trained in the art by instructors Bikash Subba and Laxman Rai.

Training camp on fabric painting to begin at Thurboo Primary School

Organising committee secretary Saroja Tamang said the training camp has been organised with an aim to enable the women to become self employed besides promoting the art of painting. Senior school teacher Namgyal Pakhrin was the chief guest of the inaugural function today.

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