Odisha step up to strengthen the educational opportunities for the blind students

Odisha step up to strengthen the educational opportunities for the blind students

The Odisha government has entered into an agreement with the ‘Sightsavers’ in order to strengthen the education opportunities for the blind and low vision students, said a state government official. ‘Sightsavers’ is a global organization which is working to prevent the avoidable blindness and to bring new opportunities for inclusive education for the blind students and students with the low vision. The Odisha Primary Education Program Authority (OPEPA) signed MoU with the Sightsavers on behalf of the Department of School & Mass Education. “As part of the MoU, Sightsavers will provide technical support to OPEPA in strengthening the mainstream education of the blind and low vision children studying in general schools across the state,” an official said. The organization will also provide support in disability management, low vision assessment, curriculum and special skill development among visually impaired students added the official. The project will target 25,000 visually challenged students and will also work to promote the enabling environment at the schools for the children with special needs. In the initiative, the Sightsavers will demonstrate the applications of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) based education, low vision devices, daisy players, tablets, accessible education materials, disabled friendly Teaching Learning Materials (TLM) and how they can contribute to the learning experience of the visually impaired students.

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