BATHINDA – In a move aimed to inculcate technical skills in them, about 150 hearing impaired students of Class II-X at local Mahant Gurbanta Dass School for Deaf and Dumb Children are being imparted computer training these days at the Information and Communication Technology Vocational Training Centre (Computer Laboratory) here.
The centre has been set up on the premises of the school by the Education and Research Network (ERNET) India, New Delhi, an autonomous society of the Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Government of India. The ERNET India has borne the cost of the centre and provided 10 computers, a server, colour laser printer, UPS, besides bearing internet expenses and salary of a computer trainer for two years.
Computer trainer Jaspreet Singh, deputed by the ERNET India, is himself a hearing impaired. School computer instructor Babita Rani is assisting him in imparting training to the special children. Both recently underwent a week’s training at the NAB (National Association of Blinds) Centre for Blind Women and Disability Studies, New Delhi.
Principal Maninder Kaur Bhalla said this two-year training programme would help these special children become self-dependent later in life.
