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Education Materials In Sign Language Will Help Deaf Students

Delhi: Realising the problems face by deaf children in pursuing education, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) signed an agreement with the Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre (ISLRTC) to prepare textbooks and other study materials in sign language.

Availability of NCERT textbooks in Indian Sign Language (ISL) will enable the hearing-impaired children to access educational resources. Simultaneously, it will also prove a useful and much needed resource for teachers, teacher educators, parents and the hearing-impaired community.

As per official sources, the cognitive skills of children are developed in the childhood and it is necessary to provide them with educational material in accordance with their learning needs.

So far, hearing-impaired children used to study only through a verbal or written medium but after the signing of this MoU, they can study through a single Indian Sign Language also. It will not only enhance their vocabulary, but also enhance their capabilities to understand concepts.

Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre (ISLRTC) is an autonomous national institute of the social justice and empowerment ministry, which is dedicated to developing manpower for popularising the use of Indian Sign Language, teaching and conducting research.