Education & Training

Education & Training
Sunday School has been operating since 1994. The emphasis is on teaching language. Social customs, religious rituals of all religions are explained, morals and ethics are taught, general knowledge is updated. In short attempt is made to broaden the horizon of knowledge of the students and impart such knowledge that they do not get from their text books and are unable to pick it up from the day to day goings on in homes due to their deafness generated communication barriers.

Evening classes for the adult deaf are conducted regularly.

Training is currently being imparted in typewriting-Hindi-English on electronic as well as manual typewriters and Computer Operations. Secretarial practices also form an important part of the training process.

Library- Reading Room
Association has a well stocked library and books are lent out for home reading to deaf as well as normal persons.

The reading room run by the Association subscribes to major National News Papers and journals.

However, these facilities are grossly inadequate to meet the needs of over 1333 members but financial crunch precludes augmenting these facilities by the Association on its own. Funds are, therefore, needed.

Celebrations
National days are celebrated and their significance explained.

Seminars & Conferences
Funds permitting, Seminars and Conferences are also organized to focus attention on the issues facing the deaf as also to create awareness about their problems and attainments to dispel age old prejudice against the deaf.

Net working
Though Association has not been able to establish a networking with the NGOs engaged in the welfare of the deaf because of clash of personalities and egos, it has been successfully networking with NGOs of cross disability and is an important member of the Disabled Rights Group.

Activitism
Association is alive to the need of the deaf people and has been playing an active role in meeting these needs and raising voice against their neglect. It has been talking up matters concerned with the deaf welfare with the Government and, acting as a pressure group has been persuading the Government to attend to the needs of the deaf, also for the implementation of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunity, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act 1995.