really good initiatives for blind asperents in completely diffrent feald. On 7/19/14, Sanchit Katiyar <[email protected]> wrote: > A journalism course for the visually-impaired students > > Lawrence Milton | Jul 19, 2014, 02.09 AM IST > > MYSORE: The Times Foundation, in collaboration with JSS > Mahavidyapeetha, has introduced a mass communication and journalism > course for visually-impaired students at JSS Polytechnic For The > Differently Abled. > > The course, perhaps the first of its kind in India, aims at moulding > students into radio/video jockeys (RJs/VJs), anchors, technical > writers and digital journalists. The focus is on voice-based > journalism as the course is exclusively for visually challenged > students. > > Times Foundation has been promoting education, health, environment > and woman empowerment. It has helped the institution in designing the > curriculum, providing resource persons and offering internship for > students. The syllabus has been approved by the state board for > technical education in Karnataka. > > Imtiaz Ahmed Shariff, former news editor with The Economic Times, a > Times Group publication, has designed the curriculum for the first > batch of six students. He takes classes twice a week. > > In the first year, students learn basic English and computer > applications. Over the next two years, they'll be exposed to various > aspects of journalism. All the six students are excited about a career > in journalism and feel it's a new domain for the visually challenged. > They are also ready to take up the challenges and make a name for > themselves in their chosen area of work. > > Sowmya S, a Banglorean, aspires to become an anchor. Sowmya said she > used to follow entertainment news before she lost her vision three > years ago. "For me, the course is a godsend. It can make me live my > dreams," she said. Prajwal M S from Mandya nurtures similar > aspirations. > > Bhargav H S, Vinod V, N S Nanjundaswamy and Chumbitha A P feel the > course has charted a new path for them. "We consider ourselves lucky > to be a part of the first batch," they said. > > Institute principal N Shekar said they are offering a three-year > course in computer applications for the visually impaired. In this, > students are trained in call centre-related activities. From now on, > students can choose from three subjects -- mass communication and > journalism, insurance or call centre training -- to study in the last > four semesters. > > The mass communication programme is being offered in collaboration > with Times Foundation, said Shekar. > > About the course > > * The institute offers three-year course for visually challenged > > * Students have to learn basic English in the first two semesters > > * In the last four semesters, they will have to choose from different > subjects ? mass communication and journalism, call centre training or > insurance. > > Source: > > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/A-journalism-course-for-the-visually-impaired-students/articleshow/38636887.cms > > -- > With best regards, > Sanchit Katiyar. > > Contact Information: > > Mobile No.: > +919013816320. > > E-Mail ID: > [email protected] > > Skype ID: > sanchit.katiyar11 > > Facebook: > http://www.facebook.com/sanchit.katiyar.5 > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. >
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