IGNOU to start courses for deaf students
15 Oct 2012 5:59 AM IST
The Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre [ISLRTC] will soon start undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, along with BEd, in a phased manner for deaf students.
The Indira Gandhi National Open University [IGNOU] authorities made this announcement on the first foundation day of ISLRTC in the Conference Hall, Block no-15, of the University campus.
Gopinath Pradhan, Vice Chancellor, IGNOU, delivered the address and emphasised that, ‘Our objective is to reach the unreached and with the establishment of ISLRTC, this mandate of the university stands tall. While introducing such programmes, we are aiming to improve the skills of the deaf community in the country and also uplifting a particular section in the society by imparting training to them.’
Avadhesh Kumar Singh, Director, ISLRTC, remarked that with the establishment of the centre, all the ISL users have created their own space in the society and have been accepted all over the world today.
A S Narayanan, General Secretary, National Association of the Deaf, delivered a special lecture in ISL and described the barriers while coming up with such a unique centre in Asia.
‘We are striving to have ISLRTC branches all over India. We hope that ISL classes will be in each town and village and all schools for the deaf will use them. This will make communication and learning for deaf children easier and will also generate job opportunities for more interpreters who will be professionals. Currently, we need four lakh interpreters while there are merely 200.
We will have excellent professors and researchers who will do research on ISL. We will know more about our own language,’ said Narayanan.
Madan Vasishta, Chief Advisor, ISLRTC, communicated through the sign language his emphatic emotions and said, ‘15 years ago, when I compared America with India on the grounds of deaf community development, we stood poles apart with no employment opportunities at all for them. Now I see the dream coming true with the establishment of ISLRTC.’
The foundation day was celebrated by all the deaf students and staff members of the university. The students of BASSLS concluded the celebration with cultural programmes and a national anthem in ISL. Dr. Hemlata, programme coordinator, BASSLS, distributed the first newsletter of ISLRTC and delivered the vote of thanks.
The Indira Gandhi National Open University [IGNOU] authorities made this announcement on the first foundation day of ISLRTC in the Conference Hall, Block no-15, of the University campus.
Gopinath Pradhan, Vice Chancellor, IGNOU, delivered the address and emphasised that, ‘Our objective is to reach the unreached and with the establishment of ISLRTC, this mandate of the university stands tall. While introducing such programmes, we are aiming to improve the skills of the deaf community in the country and also uplifting a particular section in the society by imparting training to them.’
Avadhesh Kumar Singh, Director, ISLRTC, remarked that with the establishment of the centre, all the ISL users have created their own space in the society and have been accepted all over the world today.
A S Narayanan, General Secretary, National Association of the Deaf, delivered a special lecture in ISL and described the barriers while coming up with such a unique centre in Asia.
‘We are striving to have ISLRTC branches all over India. We hope that ISL classes will be in each town and village and all schools for the deaf will use them. This will make communication and learning for deaf children easier and will also generate job opportunities for more interpreters who will be professionals. Currently, we need four lakh interpreters while there are merely 200.
We will have excellent professors and researchers who will do research on ISL. We will know more about our own language,’ said Narayanan.
Madan Vasishta, Chief Advisor, ISLRTC, communicated through the sign language his emphatic emotions and said, ‘15 years ago, when I compared America with India on the grounds of deaf community development, we stood poles apart with no employment opportunities at all for them. Now I see the dream coming true with the establishment of ISLRTC.’
The foundation day was celebrated by all the deaf students and staff members of the university. The students of BASSLS concluded the celebration with cultural programmes and a national anthem in ISL. Dr. Hemlata, programme coordinator, BASSLS, distributed the first newsletter of ISLRTC and delivered the vote of thanks.
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