Be the first to comment!Pilot learning programme underway in IT for deaf persons in Gozo
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The Parliamentary Secretary for Rights of Persons with Disability and Active Ageing Justyne Caruana visited an IT training session for deaf persons and their families, which is currently being organised in Gozo.
These sessions were set up in collaboration with the Malta Communications Authority as has been done in various other projects. 40 Deaf persons benefited from these sessions.
Justyne Caruana announced that the Government via the Secretariat led by her, and is responsible for the care of persons with disability on a national basis, is working to emphasise on the services and opportunities for persons with disability in Gozo.
She mentioned how the Parliamentary Secretariat opened the first KNPD helpdesk in Gozo with the aim that the KNPD services will also be accessible for the Gozitan community.
Parliamentary Secretary Justyne Caruana said that work is underway to launch a new lifelong learning hub for persons with disability and this will be operating from Gozo. This hub will be training persons with disability to help them in their daily activities, as well as assisting them in their introduction to the employment sector.
Dr Caruana spoke about the the 80 job opportunities which will be created in Gozo for persons with disability. In this way the Government will be keeping its pledge on work in Gozo for the Gozitans, in this case, for persons with disability as well.
She concluded her speech by giving special thanks to the Malta Communications Authority, the Gozo Association for the Deaf and all of those who participated in this training programme, adding that she was confident that other such projects will be announced in the near future.
Roderick Marmara, representative of the Malta Communications Authority, said that it is important that everyone is given chance to improve his/her basic skills in the ICT sector, in particular persons with disability.
“Thanks to this equipment people can participate in the best way, not only in community activities, but also in employment opportunities. This is of great benefit as it gives them more independence and empowers the concept of inclusion in society.”
