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A historic MoU signed between Indian Sign Language Research and Training Center (ISLRTC) and NCERT

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    10Pointer
  • Categories
    Miscellaneous
  • Published
    11th Oct, 2020
  • To make education materials accessible for Deaf children in their preferred format of communication.
  • Under which educational print materials including NCERT Textbooks, Teachers Handbook and other Supplementary materials and resources will be converted into Indian Sign Language in Digital format.
  • Two ministries will coordinate: Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
  • Two acts: realizing the provisions mentioned in the Right to Education (RTE) 2009, and the Rights of Persons with Disability Act (RPWD) 2016 and the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
  • Class covered: Class I-XII
  • Subjects: All
  • Language: Both Hindi and English Medium
  • Availability of NCERT textbooks in Indian Sign Language will ensure that Deaf children can also now access educational resources.
  • This will also ensure educational standardization of Indian Sign Language in line with New Education Policy, 2020.
  • The Indian Sign Language Research and Training Center (ISLRTC), Delhi is a Society under the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
  • NISHTHA – earlier a face to face (FTF) training for teachers is now released in an online format.
  • NCERT has planned to continue NISHTHA - integrated teacher training using DIKSHA platform and reach out to 42 Lakh elementary school teachers and its further extension to all as well.

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