Kalangarai Vilakkam | Interview with District Collector K. Veera Raghava Rao IAS about the importance of education and the opportunities available for the fishing community

Happy 74th Independance day to all our listeners!      Kalangarai Vilakkam (trans. Light house) is a special initiative by Nesakkarangal Charitable Trust's Kadal Osai FM 90.4. It has been started to commemorate the radio station's succesful entry into its fifth year on August 15, 2020. With this program, Kadal Osai hopes to provide a proper career guidance to enthusiastic youngsters from the fishing community.      Mr. K. veera Raghava Rao begins his interview by appreciating Kadal Osai FM 90.4 for the work it has done the past 4 years and also for this program. The Covid-19 situation has been going on for the past 6 months and it has put a hold on education, with many students not being able to focus on academics due to various situations like unavailability of facilities to follow the initiatives taken by schools like online classes. Regarding this, Mr. K. Veera Raghava Rao emphasizes on the necessity of education to build a better nation, and to improve an individual's personality and character. He suggests that students must always be curious and should refer to the materials available to them like books to keep learning something and become more knowledgeable. He then talks about the opportunities available to the youngsters in public service by preparing for and writing public service exams, and encourages more students to attempt these. Getting recruited by the state's public service means that the individuals would have a great opportunity to be directly involved in improving the nation.       After the inteview is over, Ms. gayathri talks about the various courses available in the Tamil Nadu Dr. D. Jayalalithaa Fisheries University, and the qualifications and criteria required to enroll in them. Kadal Osai hopes that people from the fishermen community make use of this to choose an appropriate course and enroll their children in it so that they can build a career around the sea that they love so much.