Vocational Training for handicapped persons
The objective of this program is to make handicapped youths a part of the national labor force making them able to rise independently ensuring their human rights. In this program they are given a vocational training in a way to develop skills and integrate them in to the society.
This is conducted at eight vocational training centers in five main districts.
| District | Vocational Training Center |
| Gampaha | Seeduwa vocational training center |
| Amunukumbura vocational training center | |
| Vocational training center affiliated to the Hospital-Ragama | |
| Kandy | Wattegama vocational training center |
| Ketawala vocational training center | |
| Hambantota | Thelambuyaya vocational training center |
| Ratnapura | Kalawana vocational training center |
| Puttalam | Madampe vocational training center |
| Batticalor | Walachchena vocational training center(scheduled to open) |
| Trincomalee | Trincomalee vocational training center |
Required Qualifications:-
- Age between 16 and 35
- Should be a person with below mentioned difficulties.
- Hearing and speaking impairments
- Mobility disabilities
- Visually handicapped
- Mentally handicapped
- Convulsion
- Mental disorders
- Multi disabilities(a medical certificate obtained from a registered medical officer should be needed when necessary)
- The person should be able to do basic daily activities.
Selection Criteria
- Applications should be obtained from the residential divisions’ social services officer or development officer (social services).
- The completed applications should be handed over to the residential divisions’ social services officer or development officer (social services).
- Qualified candidates will be selected after an interview held by the Social Services Department after reception of the applications.
Facilities and offers
- Free accommodation, Medical facilities and food
- Trainees are offered rupees 150/- allowance daily.
- Free uniforms, other clothes, foot wares and sanitary accessories.
- A set of tools worth maximum rupees 25000/- will be given free to the candidates who finishes the training successfully for self-employment.
- Extracurricular activities
- Making opportunities for national level arts and spots events.
- Leadership training, sign language training, orientation and mobility programs and trips for fun.
- Coordinating for vocational opportunities for the candidates who finishes the training successfully.
Additional Information can be obtained from the social services officer of the divisional secretariat or from the development officer (social services)