Doors open for people with disabilities
Twenty-three students with disabilities
have completed a graphic technicians course held by the Hi-Tech
Vocational Training Centre, an arm of the public funded Van Lang
University in Ho Chi Minh City.
Twenty-three students with disabilities
have completed a graphic technicians course held by the Hi-Tech
Vocational Training Centre, an arm of the public funded Van Lang
University in Ho Chi Minh City.
The course, the first of its kind, was sponsored by Catholic Relief Services (CRS).
“Graphics and programming are difficult information technology subjects,” said the centre’s Director Tran Phan Viet Dung at the course’s closing ceremony, expressing his admiration at his students’ will power and the effort they put in.
Dinh Khac Phuc, head of the Taxation Department in district 1, which has employed 10 students who just finished the course, said that people with disabilities have certain shortcomings but they can develop their skills when they have the right facilities and a pro-active work environment.
At present, more than 20 people with disabilities are working with the department, mainly in IT, and they have created a number of hi-tech products and made a considerable contribution to the taxation sector, he added.
Meanwhile, 50 Vietnamese students with disabilities have begun a 12-month software engineering and information technology management training programme and 33 others with visual and hearing impairments have enrolled on a three-month IT course.
Both courses are being held by the Hanoi College for Information Technology (HCIT) under an initiative funded by the US Government through the US Agency for International Development (USAID).
“By harnessing the skills of these and other students in the future, we can help people with disabilities take their place in society and lead successful, and independent lives,” said USAID Representative Francis A. Donovan. “We hope this programme will become a model for similar activities and reach even greater numbers of Vietnamese people,” he added.
So far, 75 students have completed year-long training courses in Hanoi, of which 64 have found jobs or internships.
By the close of the project in 2010, 125 young people with disabilities will have completed training in software engineering and will hopefully have gained employment in Vietnam’s fast growing computer industry./.
The course, the first of its kind, was sponsored by Catholic Relief Services (CRS).
“Graphics and programming are difficult information technology subjects,” said the centre’s Director Tran Phan Viet Dung at the course’s closing ceremony, expressing his admiration at his students’ will power and the effort they put in.
Dinh Khac Phuc, head of the Taxation Department in district 1, which has employed 10 students who just finished the course, said that people with disabilities have certain shortcomings but they can develop their skills when they have the right facilities and a pro-active work environment.
At present, more than 20 people with disabilities are working with the department, mainly in IT, and they have created a number of hi-tech products and made a considerable contribution to the taxation sector, he added.
Meanwhile, 50 Vietnamese students with disabilities have begun a 12-month software engineering and information technology management training programme and 33 others with visual and hearing impairments have enrolled on a three-month IT course.
Both courses are being held by the Hanoi College for Information Technology (HCIT) under an initiative funded by the US Government through the US Agency for International Development (USAID).
“By harnessing the skills of these and other students in the future, we can help people with disabilities take their place in society and lead successful, and independent lives,” said USAID Representative Francis A. Donovan. “We hope this programme will become a model for similar activities and reach even greater numbers of Vietnamese people,” he added.
So far, 75 students have completed year-long training courses in Hanoi, of which 64 have found jobs or internships.
By the close of the project in 2010, 125 young people with disabilities will have completed training in software engineering and will hopefully have gained employment in Vietnam’s fast growing computer industry./.
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