Mangalore, December 12: “Unlike other radio stations, community radio's aim is to educate the masses on various aspects of life, apart from providing some entertainment”, said Rev Fr Swebert D'silva, the Principal of St Aloysius College.
He was speaking as the chief guest at the inaugural ceremony of 'Baseline Survey and Capacity Building'; a weeklong training programme for women organized by the National Council for Science and Technology in association with Community Radio Sarang 107.8 MHz on Monday, December 12, at St Aloysius College, Mangalore.
Fr Swebert said that Community Radio provided people an opportunity to receive education, especially those who do not have the privilege to come to school every day.
This yearlong project is an effort made by the CEMA, the national division of the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) to instruct women on producing radio programmes for the community, covering topics that deal with women's issues, especially those pertaining to health and living.
The facilitator for the event, Mr Kartik Panchapakasen, Lecturer of Communication at Bangalore said that this workshop would not only be beneficial in terms of radio production but also education for life.
The six day workshop will have first three days of baseline survey and on the field learning followed by three days of training and producing radio programmes, he added.
He also encouraged the students of Masters of Communication and Media Studies (MCMS) at St Aloysius College to actively participate in the programme along with the community women.
The Director of Community Radio Sarang 107.8, Rev Dr Richard Rego, staff of Radio Sarang, Department of Mass Communication, in addition to community women from Mangalore and its surroundings participated in the event.
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