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1. News-
Scribe community to help visually challenged students
The Braille Resource Centre at Bangalore Central University (BCU) has
formed a scribe community– a set of sighted volunteers who would lend
a hand for the students to write their exams. Finding scribes, who
take down answers dictated by the visually challenged students during
exams, has been arduous for many students, who depend on friends and
NGOs for a volunteer. There are instances when students had
difficulties arranging a scribe even a day before their exams.
“They’re badly in need of scribes.
Malappa, a visually challenged student attached with the centre, said
scribes should spend at least three hours writing exams for the
students. “It’s not that we aren’t getting (the scribes). There’re a
few NGOs and volunteers (who act as scribes). But we need more
people,” he said. “Though we fix their time (to write our exams) a
week in advance, they may not be available at the last minute. This
(scribe) community is totally dedicated (to write our exams). If one
finds it difficult to come, there’ll be someone else. We’ll be
relieved if someone definitely turns up,” he said. The Centre has
fixed a few norms for the scribe community. The person acting as a
scribe should be from a different discipline and should have a lesser
qualification than the visually challenged student. The community also
intends to help other students who may need assistance outside the
university.
Source:
https://www.deccanherald.com/city/braille-centre-sets-scribe-704483.html
Event to be held to mark Int’l Day of Persons with Disabilities.
Haryana Government has decided to organise a state level function on
the occasion of International Day of Persons with Disabilities at
Kurukshetra on December 3.
On this occasion, the Social Justice and Empowerment Department would
confer State Level Awards to different categories, said Minister of
State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Krishan Kumar while
presiding over meeting of ‘Rajya Stariya Puraskar Chayan Samiti’, here
on Wednesday.
During the meeting, discussion was held in the meeting on award
schemes namely State Awards for Outstanding Services in the Field of
Prevention of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, State Awards for
Outstanding Employers or Placement Officers of the handicapped, the
Most Efficient Handicapped Employees or Self Employed Handicapped
Persons and Senior Citizen State Awards Scheme. Source:
https://www.dailypioneer.com/2018/state-editions/event-to-be-held-to-mark-int---l-day-of-persons-with-disabilities.html
2. Event-
Concern India Foundation is organising a Singing Event – Roshni for
the Visually Impaired candidates between the age group of 18-30 years
from different NGOs on 19th/20th December, 2018. The event has been
conceived keeping in mind the hidden creative talent in these
individuals. Purpose of the Event: The idea and purpose of organizing
this event is to give them a platform to showcase their inbuilt
creative talent and also an opportunity to perform on stage along with
the other children. Participating in events like these will help them
gain confidence and also encourages them to move a step further in
their lives. It will be a half day programme and will be planned
according to their abilities. The event will be held in the following
categories and will include Patriotic/Devotional and Folk Songs
Event Details:
Venue : Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Dr.
Rajendra Prasad Road / Satya Sai International, Lodi Road, Delhi (To
be confirmed)
Date : 19th/20th December, 2018
Time : 9.30 a.m to 2.00 p.m (Reporting Time - 8.30am)
Meant for: Delhi and NCR only
Age group: 8-30 years
Each participating candidate will be given ‘Participation
Certificate’. Light Breakfast and Lunch will also be served to them.
We shall appreciate, if you can help us with organizations/individuals
who would be interested in participating in the above event. For more
information call on 9958299620-Gunjan Lal, 9818140777-Usha
01126472349, Mobile: 9650674069
Hosting national level essay braille competition for upcoming Louis
Braille day. RSGE "Responsible State Government VI Employees"
WhatsApp group, which is working for the empowerment of visually
impaired state government employees of Karnataka through information.
About the competition:
This will be a national level competition and participants are given
the option of choosing any one out of three languages, Kannada, Hindi
and English.
2. Participants will be divided in to two groups.
a. First group will comprise of students and those who are studying at
different levels of various academic disciplines after high school,
students pursuing P.U.C, diploma, I.T.I, and those who are undergoing
graduation, post-graduation of any age are permitted to take part. b.
Second category is a general category. Any visually impaired person
who does not belong to first category will be allowed to take part.
There is going to be specific subjects to each category, and
participants are needed to send essays only on those subjects assigned
to their respective category.
c. Once a participant felt, that his or her essay is ready, it needs
to be sent to us through post. Subjects for essay.
For category 1/student category:
Problems faced by visually impaired students at various academic
levels and corrective measures, role of students themselves and
government to resolve those problems.
For category 2: In the field of employment, along with skill
development, several other problems faced by visually impaired
employees and job aspirants. What are the corrective measures? And
Role of employees, job aspirants themselves, government and
non-governmental organizations to resolve those problems. Separate
addresses are notified to send English, Hindi and Kannada essays.
Address to send Kannada documents:
Shivakumar RC, first division assistant, nanjangud sub-treasury
nanjangud taluk, Mysore 571302.
Address to send English and Hindi documents:
Jagadeesh R. No.63, Santhosh nilaya, first cross, sidedahalli
mainroad, S.R layout, nagasandra post, bonemill, Bangalore 560073.
For any assistance in Kannada over phone:
9844401284, 9900946451.
For any assistance in English over phone:
9739021181,
8073183323.
Including all three languages, there will be two prizes for each category.
There will be one special prize for each language.
3. Job-
One post for Visually Impaired as Scientist (Computational
Instrumentation) in CSIR-Central Scientific Instruments Organisation
(CSIR-CSIO), Chandigarh. Qualification: M.E./M.Tech.(Computer Science
& Engineering/Electronics & Communication Engineering/Electrical &
Electronics Engineering/Electrical/Advanced
Instrumentation/Instrumentation/Mechatronics/ Embedded
Systems/Advanced Electronic Systems) or equivalent. OR Ph.D (Engg.)
thesis submitted in any of above areas. Experience: Working Knowledge
of Computational Instrumentation – Signal Processing /Image
Processing/ Machine Intelligence/ FPGA/DSP systems . Age Limit: 32
years. More details on website:
http://www.csio.res.in. Eligible
candidates are required to apply online only through our website
https://career.csio.res.in/Scientist62018Beta/Register.aspx..Last date
21st December. More at
http://www.eyeway.org/?q=scientist-computational-instrumentation