The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) in collaboration with the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Goverment Of India, will establish the country’s first Indian Sign Language Research & Training Centre (ISLRTC) at the university campus to promote the use of Indian Sign Language (ISL) in India.
The centre will start functioning with training programmes making use of the existing facilities and availing national and international experts in the field with effect from September 1, 2011.
The broad objectives of the centre are to carry out research in ISL and create linguistic record/analysis of the language, promote research on bilingual approach in education of deaf children, train persons in sign linguistics and other related areas at various levels.
35 academic posts have been created for the centre. The centre will be established with 100 per cent funding from the Ministry.
The centre aims to design, promote and offer programmes in ISL, interpreting and bilingual education, at various levels through various modes including the distance mode.
It will develop and offer courses aimed at training teachers to teach ISL. It will work towards developing and creating resources for use in teaching of ISL to children, parents, teachers and the general public.
The objective will also be to facilitate educational use of ISL in special schools as the first language or medium of instruction and in mainstream schools as a second language or as interpreter mediated language of classroom communication.
It will also provide guidance in innovative education methodology for institutions providing education to the deaf. The centre will collaborate with other institutions and organisations of the deaf to promote and propagate ISL and also with Universities and other educational institutions in India and abroad in sign language research, deaf studies, and related areas.
To produce and promote visual material in ISL story telling of both Indian and global literature and deafness related issues, the centre will create and promote literature in and about ISL to facilitate print and visual media in promoting the use of ISL.
IGNOU has been offering programmes in sign language including a BA in applied sign language sponsored by UK-India Education Research Initiative (UKIERI) for the last three years. This is the first of its kind in the country.
In India, most sign language tutors have no formal qualification, and most teachers in schools for the deaf do not have any sign language qualification.
In this context, the Staff Training and Research Institute in Distance Education (STRIDE) at IGNOU and the University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN), the United Kingdom, worked together to systematically develop new approaches to distance education in the sign language medium.
The centre will start functioning with training programmes making use of the existing facilities and availing national and international experts in the field with effect from September 1, 2011.
The broad objectives of the centre are to carry out research in ISL and create linguistic record/analysis of the language, promote research on bilingual approach in education of deaf children, train persons in sign linguistics and other related areas at various levels.
35 academic posts have been created for the centre. The centre will be established with 100 per cent funding from the Ministry.
The centre aims to design, promote and offer programmes in ISL, interpreting and bilingual education, at various levels through various modes including the distance mode.
It will develop and offer courses aimed at training teachers to teach ISL. It will work towards developing and creating resources for use in teaching of ISL to children, parents, teachers and the general public.
The objective will also be to facilitate educational use of ISL in special schools as the first language or medium of instruction and in mainstream schools as a second language or as interpreter mediated language of classroom communication.
It will also provide guidance in innovative education methodology for institutions providing education to the deaf. The centre will collaborate with other institutions and organisations of the deaf to promote and propagate ISL and also with Universities and other educational institutions in India and abroad in sign language research, deaf studies, and related areas.
To produce and promote visual material in ISL story telling of both Indian and global literature and deafness related issues, the centre will create and promote literature in and about ISL to facilitate print and visual media in promoting the use of ISL.
IGNOU has been offering programmes in sign language including a BA in applied sign language sponsored by UK-India Education Research Initiative (UKIERI) for the last three years. This is the first of its kind in the country.
In India, most sign language tutors have no formal qualification, and most teachers in schools for the deaf do not have any sign language qualification.
In this context, the Staff Training and Research Institute in Distance Education (STRIDE) at IGNOU and the University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN), the United Kingdom, worked together to systematically develop new approaches to distance education in the sign language medium.
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