Baramulla Youth Chinar 9 Jawan Club helps Jammu and Kashmir youth to develop skills amid COVID-19
Baramulla: Amid COVID-19 pandemic, the Indian Army's Chinar 9 Jawan Club officials are trying to help youth of Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir to develop their skills which will help them in future in securing a job.
The officials are helping youth in the region develop skills in various domains like computer hardware, fashion designing and personality development.
Speaking to ANI, Wahid Ahmad, a trainer at the club, said, "The Chinar 9 Jawan club has been functional for the past three years in Baramulla."
He said: "The club aims to impart knowledge and develop skills among youths in the district."
"Currently, we are running courses in hospitality, retail, English speaking, music, computer hardware and software, among others," he said.
He said more courses will be introduced in future.
Ahmad said, "We have established five groups here. We enroll 30 students each in a group whereas in the fashion designing course, we have enrolled 60 students."
The faculties even took online classes during COVID-19 pandemic.
Randeep Kour, a Hardware student, told ANI, "Initially, we did not have classes due to COVID-19 lockdown. But like school classes, we were taught online. It did not felt any different."
Asifa Sajad, who is in the English speaking course, told the news agency, "Here at the Chinar club, there are various domains to learn after which we will get a job."
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