Training in computers and competitive exams We are a non-profit non-government organization working for the integration of the persons with Disabilities in all walks of life through advocacy, research and education. The aim of our projects is to create resources for the disabled and champion their cause for their due rights and overall development through all channels. We hope to put blind and disabled persons at par with able-bodied in all walks of life including education, employment, family, home, culture and life in general. Laying the solid foundation merely is not sufficient. A child requires quality education to “Grow” through life and not merely “Go” through it. Besides, all the children studying at present through local language schools need a great impetus to survive in 21st century in the form of state-of-the-art computer education and rigorous preparation for competitive exams. We have been doing incessant efforts in this direction for quite some time now and about couple of dozen blind students have found government employment through our efforts. However, to pursue this social objective in a systematic and organized manner, we have set up “Capacity building center for blind youth”, CBCBY, in joint collaboration with Technical Training Institute, TTI of Pune Blind Men’s Association, PBMA, where blind and low vision students and non-students alike keep pace with dynamic scenario of education and employment by undertaking courses in computers, assistive technology, Spoken English, personality development and competitive exams. At present around 12 students are learning all these skills in two batches and are on their way to be independent and responsible citizens despite blindness. We give them a personal computer on the completion of their course so that they continue to actually use whatever they have learnt and are really empowered through use of technology. There are hardly any such centers in central India.
Competitive Exam Center We in collaboration with Technical Training Institute, TTI Pune, have decided to set up a dedicated Competitive Exam Center, CEC, to equip the blind and low vision aspirants to crack various competitive exams like Banking, Staff Selection, Railways, those for Central and state government jobs, civil services, etc. The training would mainly focus on topics like: · Reasoning; · Quantitative aptitude; · English; · General awareness; · Computer knowledge; · Marketing; · Soft skills and interview preparation; · Personality development, etc. For civil services a detailed training module for various subjects would be integrated at alater stage. Modalities Training the blind/low vision aspirants is essentially same as training any other able-bodied students, except for the fact that the materials have to be provided in the accessible format and that they have to be given practice through: · human reader; · Interactive computerized question papers; · Question sets in soft copy; · audio material; · braille question sets etc. We intend to employ a qualified trainer—sighted or blind—who has cracked the exams himself/herself, or who has reached sufficiently advanced stage of preparation himself/herself to guide the aspirants appropriately. We intend to give entry level test to the aspirants comprising of 100 questions—20 questions from each topic, viz: Reasoning; Quantitative aptitude; English; General Awareness; and Computers and marketing To assess their level of inclination and preparedness. This would help us to train them appropriately and focus on the relevant areas in which they require focused attention. We would put added emphasis on conceptual understanding, as it must be accepted that level of understanding of various subjects like maths, English, Reasoning of blind students is not at all at par with sighted counterparts in the current academic set-up. So, we would intensively prepare them in these subjects before letting them compete in these areas. We propose to conduct weekly tests topic wise to assess the progress of students continuously. In six months we hope to put them on the pedestal where they can confidently compete for various exams, making them appear in a couple of exams during the course. The exit level test similar to the entry level test except for the level of difficulty would also be conducted to assess the learning. Apart from all this, they will be made to practice the sample questions on each topic learnt on the daily basis through accessible modes and their level of understanding would be monitored by keeping track of time taken, number of questions attempted, number of correctly solved questions and number of incorrectly solved questions and number of questions left unanswered. It is hoped that their graph would keep improving with time. The batch is commencing from July 1, 2018. Seats are limited. The facility is non-residential. 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