Inauguration and Formation Program

On August 13th Inauguration and Formation session was conducted for the students of Don Bosco Vocational Training Institute, Quepem




The main highlight was the importance of communication: intra communication, interpersonal communication and group communication. Fr. Austin sdb, the Director of the Youth Services shed light on the importance of communication, things to keep in mind and how to get better at communication.

In the second part of the session focus was laid to work as a team and grow together.

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