COIMBATORE: Avinashilingam University signed an MoU with Sri Krishna Sweets on Monday evening to organise free music classes for schoolchildren. The one-year-long programme will be rendered for free for a batch of 50 students studying in classes 1-9."After successfully organising this programme called Chinnachiru Kuyilgal for seven years, we are entering into an MoU with Sri Krishna sweets this year. This initiative is to train children in traditional music," said the head of music department Janaka Maya Devi.The programme has been designed in such a way that it will teach the nuances of signing to the children. The students will be selected based on a screening test. "We plan to choose 50 students, but if the demand is high we are open to taking up to 100 students," said the chancellor of Avinashilingam University, P R Krishna Kumar.So far, 700 students have been benefited from this programme. "The classes will be held at the Avinashilingam University between 3pm and 5pm for 50 weeks. Towards the end of the programme, an examination will be held," said the managing director of Sri Krishna Sweets, M Krishnan."Candidates with minimum 80% attendance will be given a certificate. Also, based on recommendation of the examiners, we will give 'Bala Vani' certificates to a maximum of five students," he added.Interested students can apply for the programme on srikrishnasweets.net. The programme will be inaugurated on August 13, and the classes will commence the following week.

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