The third phase of residential training organised for visually impaired children under Project Jyoti implemented in collaboration with Jharkhand Education Project Council and Mjunction, concluded on Wednesday.
During this training, visually impaired children were given information about technology based education and effective use of ICT in inclusive education. Special teachers and children from Ranchi, Khunti and Gumla participated in this three- day workshop.
Under Project Jyoti, the children were given smartphones for ease of reading. With the help of the smartphone, visually impaired children were told about online libraries, news, other information, and absentee knowledge and mobility.
The aim of the workshop was to provide equal learning opportunities to all students along with providing easily readable and accessible study material to visually impaired children from class 8th to 12th and also to empower children and promote an inclusive educational environment that develops their academic growth, self- reliance and confidence.
During the workshop, the children were given information about reading apps to study using their smartphones. Along with this, apps like Sugamya Pustakalaya, Book Share, Be My Eyes, Invision AI, Easy Reader, Auto TTS, Talkback, Smart On, Seeing On, Mani App, and Dolphin Easy Reader were explained in detail.
All the visually impaired children and their parents looked very happy after attending this training. During the training, the parents of these children said that children learned a lot from this training and will definitely achieve success by studying in the future. Many children were learning to use smartphones for the first time.