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Hostel
The entire building including fittings
and furniture was estimated at Rs.16 lakhs. The EZE , a protestant development
association of Germany, generously agreed to sponsor the entire cost. Ground
was broken on November 25th 1991 and the Hostel was dedicated on March 20,
1992.
The Building can accommodate 12 men
students and 12 women students in 6 dormitory rooms.Which are fitted
with individual beds and steel lockers. In addition, a Staff apartment is
provided, so that 24 hours supervision and help is available. Ample latrine and
bathing facilities are provided, and all amenities are accessible for
physically disabled persons. The level of the entire Hostel is the same as that
of the adjacent Classroom building.
The hostel features a large lounge for
group and individual activities, and a large dining area also used as a class
room. Food services is provided by an adjacent men's Hostel, and served in the
Jivana Jyoti dining hall.
We are be grateful to God for the many
ways in which this new Hostel has been aided during its construction. Its use
will be as exciting and helpful as we all have anticipated in changing the
lives of this special group of young people.
Physical Improvements
A new Accessible latrine for gents and
one for ladies was constructed for the convenience of day scholars. The
Computing Centre was provided with ramp entry so that the wheelchair-bound
students can enter with ease. The class room area was fitted with wooden chairs
with writing arms, suitable for orthopedic use.
Hardware & Software
The Centre is equipped with 25 Nos. PIII
IBM PC. Every System has 128 MB Main memory. each machine has 40 GB Hard Disk
Drive and 1.44 Floppy Drive. All the Monitors are 14 inch color Monitors. The
Centre has three 3 KVA UPS with 2 hours backup. In view of the unpredictable
nature of power supply, all the systems can run through Uninterrupted Power
Supplies (UPS).
The Center has all major language
compliers like C, Fortran ,Pascal, C++, Basic, Java, C#. All the Major software
packages like FoxPro, MS-OFFICE, Corel Draw, Page Maker, Photo Shop, Windows,
Oracle, Visual Basic and etc.
Library
The Centre has a good collection of
books and magazines on Computer and other related fields. This is made full use
of by the trainees. Students are allowed to borrow books on a daily basis. The
center is getting PC magazines, Tamil Computers magazines, News paper and
Employment New.
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