The measures are designed to improve access to quality learning resources, bridge the urban-rural divide in training, and strengthen employability support for the deaf community. The Indian Sign ...

Dr. Lanny Real Bird (left) signs “I know” or “that’s right” to Floyd Favel (right) who is checking that Real Bird knows what he’s indicating. One summer, when the theatre artist Floyd Favel was in his ...

Make Indian Sign Language an official language and open more schools for deaf and hard-of-hearing students, Cambridge study advises Indian Government UNDER STRICT EMBARGO UNTIL 15:30 INDIA STANDARD ...

Teachers from deaf schools in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala are attending the national training programme on Basic Indian Sign Language (ISL) that began at the All India Institute ...

New Delhi: The Indian Sign Language should be recognised as an official language by the government here to ensure the dropout rate among deaf and hard-of-hearing students can be reduced, a study by ...

Oralism remains predominant in India due to a shortage of teachers trained in Indian Sign Language (ISL). Increased awareness and professional ISL training are crucial to ensure better educational ...

The study noted that around one in five of India's deaf and hard-of-hearing children were out-of-school in 2014. "Many thousands of children who are deaf or hard-of-hearing are missing out on school ...