Hi, Can MR Rajesh from Noida write to me on the ID chandanmoka...@gmail.com as I need to talk to him and take his guidance about studying abroad. I was trying to find out the direct email address but I could not. I look forward to hearing from you. Regards, Nishi.
Sent from my iPhone > On 12-Aug-2017, at 2:27 PM, Reach Now via Ai > <ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in> wrote: > > Dear Vinod: > > Your son can most definitely continue his education outside India as early as > class 11 or even sooner. Canada and the US are the best destinations since > they provide the finest facilities to visually impaired students in the > world. Since he is not eligible to enroll at a government school in both > countries known as public schools, you should perhaps consider admitting him > to a private academy also known as a prep school. There are more than one > hundred schools for the visually impaired in the US and Canada. Sadly, > admission is restricted to US citizens and permanent residents only unless > the school has a special program for international students in which case > fees have to be paid. It is usually preferable if a visually impaired child > is mainstreamed right from the start at an institution of education that > provides a full spectrum of special support services. > > Sessions usually commence in August each year and end in either late May or > early June the following year. While not all prep schools have visually > impaired students on their rolls owing to the high cost of private school > education in the US or Canada even by local standards, some do and you might > want to pick a school that already has a few visually impaired children > studying there. This will ensure that all the required support services such > as readers, screen reader training, Braille, special sports and mobility are > already in place. > > The other advantage of studying in a prep school is that most prep schools > have hostel facilities. This is not the case with public schools and students > need to commute daily to school. Many public schools in the US and Canada > have international student exchange programs where students live with a > family for one or two years called host families and ride the school bus to > school. However, statistics on the acceptance of visually impaired students > in such programs are dismal. Moreover, this arrangement tends to pose several > logistical challenges for the visually impaired child. In order to qualify, > your son may also have to take an American test conducted by the College > Board called the P-SAT. > > You might also want to consider waiting for a few years and sending your son > to North America for an undergraduate college degree. This might be a better > option since all American and Canadian universities and colleges are legally > obligated to provide special services to visually impaired students thanks to > a law enacted in the seventies called Section 504 and its Canadian variation. > Additionally college education in the US can be considerably less expensive > than prep school education costs given the fact that there are many excellent > universities in the US that charge only$6000 - $7000 per year as annual > tuition with further deductions in fees due to scholarships. Work visa rules > for students have also been liberalized in the recent past in both countries > for international college students. Three year work visas are now being > automatically granted to eligible college students. All else being equal, the > US Embassy and the Canadian High Commission in India are not known to create > any barriers when the time arrives to issue student visas to visually > impaired applicants. > > Please write to me off list if you need more information. > > > Rajesh from Noida > Overseas Education Consultant > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Vinod bhat via Ai > To: ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in > Cc: Vinod bhat > Sent: Friday, August 11, 2017 10:40 PM > Subject: [Ai] Higher Education options for VI outside India > > Hi all, > > This is Vinod, I have son who is VI and is currently in class 8th, I was > trying to explore options of higher education(after 10th or 12th) outside > India for him, can someone help/guide. > > Regards, > > Vinod bhat > > 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. 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