Subject: International Conference on Enabling Access to Education through
ICT
Dear Friends,
We are organising an international conference on Enabling Access to
Education through ICT in Delhi in October. The target group is primarily
educational institutions (from schools to college), disability organisations
and policy makers. Would really appreciate your help in circulating the call
for participation to the schools and colleges you are in touch with.
Many thanks, Nirmita
Call for participation
International Conference on Enabling Access to Education Through ICT
When: 27th-29th October, 2010
Where: Magnolia Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
Organisers:
Centre for Internet and Society
The Global Initiative for Inclusive ICT (G3Ict) UNESCO ITU WIPO Daisy
Consortium Digital Empowerment Foundation Society for Promotion of
Alternative Computing and Employment The Deaf Way Foundation
Event sponsor:
The Hans Foundation
Target audience:
Educators, mainstream and special schools, colleges, universities,
disability organisations, policy makers, libraries, technology developers
and other persons and organisations working in this area.
Background:
Children with disabilities in India are often left out of mainstream schools
due to a variety of reasons, primarily the lack of awareness amongst
educational organizations and teachers, near absence of infrastructural
resources and lack of training in this regard. It is believed that barely
two per cent of the 70 million disabled persons have access to education in
India. Unless we take special efforts to remedy this situation by equipping
teachers, educational institutions and the entire social infrastructure to
adopt innovative, cost effective and technology based resources such as
assistive technologies, ubiquitous Web, multiple platforms, social networks,
online libraries and digital resources etc to enable access to education for
disabled children, they will continue to remain excluded from social
participation.
Join the Discussion!
The conference will focus on highlighting existing policy and practical
barriers for students and educational institutions in developing countries,
showcase ICT based solutions which are presently being adopted in different
countries, point to existing knowledge resources and emerging trends in
education.
The conference will look at the various technologies, tools and practices
that are necessary to bring education within the reach of all persons with
disabilities as a step towards achieving inclusive education in India. This
includes education at all levels- primary, secondary and higher education as
well as distance and online education.
The format of the conference is highly engaging and is designed to enable
the attendees to explore the challenges and opportunities while equipping
them with the tools needed to implement ICT solutions within their
organizations.
The expected outcomes from this conference are:
• Create awareness amongst educators, policy makers and disability
organizations
• Understand challenges and explore solutions
• Evolve a set of recommendations for educators on best practices
• Publish a White Paper which will provide a set of recommendations for
policy makers on inclusive education.
• Create a case study database of best practices on the use of ICTs in
education for persons with disabilities.
For more details, visit: www.edict2010.in
Please register immediately on line athttp://edict2010.in/register-online/,
or download and complete the registration form and mail it to
[email protected]
Nirmita Narasimhan (Programme Manager)
Centre for Internet and Society
194, 2nd C Cross, Domlur 2nd stage, Bengaluru: 560071
Tel: 080 25350955
mob: 98458 68078
website: www.cis-india.org
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