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Volume : III, Issue : IX, October - 2013 Nature Of Vocational Training For Visually Impaired Students: A Case Study On Vocational Training Centre For Women Of Calcutta Blind School Eman Banerjee DOI : 10.9780/22307850, Published By : Laxmi Book Publication Abstract : This paper attempts to conduct a study on nature of vocational training for visually impaired students in the Vocational Training Centre for Women of Calcutta Blind School, Behala. This work attempts to study the existing Policies/ Programmes/ Schemes related to Employment and their impact with respect to the actual needs of people with disabilities; and finally, to find out the nature of vocational training and formal education for visually impaired students. The case study method has been used and interviews have also been taken from students, the office clerks and teaching staffs to understand the real situation. The findings reveal that there is a absence of more advanced technologies which are already used by the developed countries, lack of awareness about the government policies and the opportunities of employment which can be generated from this type of vocational training, absence of interlinks and collaborations among various organizations to prevent overlapping, duplication and contradictions in implemented programme by the both central and state governments, problem of unawareness of the parents about their child's particular disability, unawareness about the benefits of vocational training, gap between the facilities of rural and urban areas, inadequacy in case of The number of skilled and trained personnel for supporting inclusive practices, and finally, limitation of developmentally appropriate teaching–learning materials for visually impaired children.
Keywords : Article : Cite This Article : Eman Banerjee, (2013). Nature Of Vocational Training For Visually Impaired Students: A Case Study On Vocational Training Centre For Women Of Calcutta Blind School. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. III, Issue. IX, DOI : 10.9780/22307850, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/3170.pdf References : - Donoyama, N., & Munakata, T. (2009). Trait anxiety among Japanese massage practitioners with visual impairment: what is required in Japanese rehabilitation education?. British Journal of Visual Impairment, 27(1), 25-47.
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