Mangalore : The National Council for Science and Technology in association with Community Radio Sarang 107.8 MHz inaugurated a Baseline Survey and Capacity Building’; a weeklong training programme for women at at St Aloysius College, Mangalore on December 12, Monday.

Rev Fr Swebert D’silva, the Principal of St Aloysius College said that community radio aim to educate the masses on various aspects of life apart from providing entertainment like other Radio stations.

Participating as the chief guest at the inaugural ceremony of ‘Baseline Survey and Capacity Building’, he said that Community Radio provided people with an ample opportunity to gain education an knowledge to the people who can not afford to attend the school regularly.

The 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.

Mr Kartik Panchapakasen, Lecturer of Communication at Bangalore and fecilitator of the event said that this workshop will not only provide benefits to the radio production but also provides education.

Out of six day workshop, the first three days will cover baseline survey and on the field learning followed by three days of training and producing radio programmes, he added.

Rev Dr Richard Rego, Director of Community Radio Sarang 107.8, staff of Radio Sarang, Department of Mass Communication, in addition to community women from Mangalore participated in the event.