A one day capacity building workshop on using Community Radio as a tool of Community Development was organized by CEMCA in collaboration with Tamilnadu Open University, Chennai at TNOU, Chennai on 1 st November 2019.
The workshop was attended by 42 participants from the community radio stations in 5 states and one union territory. The states were Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamilnadu, Telangana and Pondicherry. The workshop was inaugurated by Professor K. Parthasarathy, Vice Chancellor of TNOU, Chennai.
The objective of the workshop was to sensitize the CR stations to exploit/utilise the possibilities of CR medium for education and to share the possibility of imparting various skills through CR.
The participants were trained to effectively use Community Radio to impart education and Vocational skills. The participants were given an insight on the following topics - Status of CR in India with specific reference to South Zone, Imparting Education through CR, CEMCA’s REL - Course & its Implementation , Documenting CR Innovative Practices and enhancing Local Skills.