Conference on quality edu for deaf organised by hearing impaired to be held in Hry from Dec 10

In a first-of-its-kind initiative, a two-day international conference on providing quality education for the deaf which is organised and led by educators who themselves are hearing impaired will be held in Haryana's Rohtak from December 10.

The conference is being organised by the Haryana Welfare Society for Persons with Speech and Hearing Impairment (HWSPHI) in association with the University of Central Lancashire, UK. The State University of Performing and Visual Arts is partnering in the event.

"This is the first-of-its-kind conference organised in India which is completely deaf-led and focuses on identifying the key challenges and coming up with solutions towards quality education," HWSPHI Vice-President and Chairman Sharanjeet Kaur said.

Experts on education for the hearing-impaired from India, the UK, the USA, Uganda and Canada will attend the conference. Approximately 150 people from across the nation are expected to a be part of this conference, she said adding, the event was recognised by the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI).

Kaur further said, "Experts in education for the hearing impaired who themselves are suffering drom such disability will train sign language trainers. I think no one can better describe and explain sign language then them."