KSCDR, TVTC sign agreement on benefits for disabled persons

Prince Sultan bin Salman, chairman of KSCDR’s board of trustees, and Dr. Ahmed bin Fahd Al-Fuhaid, TVTC governor, sign the memorandum of understanding at the KSCDR headquarters. (SPA)

RIYADH: The King Salman Center for Disability Research and the Technical (KSCDR) and the Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC) recently signed an agreement to develop services in education and training for persons with disabilities.
Prince Sultan bin Salman, chairman of KSCDR’s board of trustees, and Dr. Ahmed bin Fahd Al-Fuhaid, TVTC governor, signed the memorandum of understanding at the KSCDR headquarters inside the Diplomatic Quarter in the Saudi capital.
The agreement with the TVTC was one of five signed by the KSCDR with various organizations, in the public and private sectors, to benefit the disabled.
“We signed five agreements. One is on vocational training,” Prince Sultan bin Salman told Arab News, in reference to the TVTC as the organization to hold training for disabled persons.
Under the agreement, the KSCDR and the TVTC will implement training courses specialized in matters related to workshops for people with disabilities, and the exchange of consultations in the training and qualification process.
The two sides will also prepare studies for the development of people with disabilities to prepare them to join the labor market.
The TVTC revealed that persons with disabilities, who have graduated from colleges and technical institutes, have a 92.7 percent employment rate in the public and private sectors.
In a statement, the TVTC said that it is keen to come up with programs to serve persons with disabilities and provide them with a suitable training environment.
The TVTC added that it is currently launching electronic training programs for people with disabilities to give them the opportunity to train in the disciplines that are best suited for them.