This presentation will provide integrated education system of blind students.

1. VISIT TO 🧑🏻🧑 BLIND STUDENT’S SCHOOL👩
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By lakshay (54)

2. ✨✨All the Data and Photos in upcoming slides were taken with the permission of
superintendent of same school.

3. Why this visit ?
To know about integrated education system of blind students.
Infrastructure details of blind students school.
What are the sources of their financial support?
To give our suggestions on the same to them.
MAIN OBJECTIVE

4. 👉 School Designed for Children with Special Education Needs.
SPECIAL SCHOOL

5. On 5th march 2024, we visited to a blind school located in central green ,
adjacent to KL Mehta college,new industrial township ,Faridabad
It is run by a non governmental organisation “NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
FOR THE BLIND”
Support financial by Government ( MSJ$E) and Donation by Tata
VISIT DESCRIPTION

6. Teaching staff were having many faculties.
Facilities were qualified in their respective
field of teaching
All are appointed by NGO
Students of different age groups study there.
Total students were 32+12+7+15 = 66 on
5th march.
Student learning braille and home science
are variable that makes total students count
variable.
Routine of students
Braille learning
students
9am to 2pm
11am-12pm lunch at
mess
Other students
9am to 5 pm
12pm- 1pm lunch
Mrs. ANITA MAM as
SUPERINTENDENT of the school
Mrs. JYOTI MAM as incharge of home
science .

7. Dr SMT Rajendra kumari Bajpai
(Honerable union minister of welfare)
on 28th January 1988.
LOCATION & INFRASTRUCTURE
FOUNATION STONE Of ThIS BUILDING WAS
LAID BY

8. School building
The school is having 2 floor
Ground floor is having 8 rooms+ one big hall for morning prayer
assembly
Top floor is having Administration department and library

9. 🕒Two room for braille reading and understanding
🕒Two room for computer course learner
🕒One big room for stenographer learner
🕒One big room for homscience learning like cooking , stitching
🕒One big room for music and bhajan kirtan………
GROUND FLOOR

10. Kids before teaching the braille system are taught by various
materials✨✨✨
Differentiating dal by their
texture
Scrabble board Central peg board

11. Braille learning room
Night writing to braille invention
Age criteria 4-5
years
Qualification requirements
No as such requires,just positive
attitude to learn is required, if not then
ptm.
Course duration
Depend up to
learning power
of children
Course details
English,Hindi, mathematics etc
Aid with braille slate , abacus and Taylor
frame

12. A4 plastic
Braille slate
with stylus
Taylor frame
with types
Abacus

13. Basic Computer course
Purpose of Course
Carrier opportunity
Age criteria
18-40 year old
Qualification requirements
12 th pass &braille language
understanding
Course duration
Twice in one year
( January to June )
&
(July to December )
Course details
Ms excel , Ms word
,notepad etc
Aid with
Speakers 🔊 and visual
aid software .

14. Visual Aid Software
Job access with speech
Non visual desktop access
(NVDA)

15. Shorthand writing course
Purpose of Course
SSC exams , banking exam,
railway recruitment exams and
upsc exam
Stenography
Age criteria, qualifications
requirements are same as
applied to basic computer
courses
Course duration
Once in a year
( June to July)
Course Details
Braille Hindi stenography
Aided with the help of
special devices

16. Perkins brailler
Orbit reader 20
Aid in learning stenography

17. Orbit reader

18. Home science course
Cooking , knitting, dressing and personality development .
Knitting 🧑 is aided by needle threader and
modified measuring tape.
Learning to Cook was initially difficult task
but positive attitude to learn & aid by other
sensory systems make it easy.

19. Braille Library and press
Huge collection of books which
includes educational materials,
useful books learning braille ,
devotional books etc..
Indoor game materials like
chess , cards etc
Braille library

20. It is used to make Braille language Books, Pamphlets in mass publications .
Braille press
special printer 🖨🧑
Fanfold D

21. Mess
It was attached to hostel building
occuping ground floor
It was well ventilated and cleaned
Has proper menu.
Birthday party food of students is also
prepared by them.

22. Importance of school for blinds
Visually challenged people get a chance to learn new skills and show
case their talents.
They can become self dependent .
They become confident and get career opportunities.
They can live a better life due to these courses.

23. Blindness(WHO11)- VISUAL ACUITY of less than 3/60 ( Snellen’s chart) or it’s “
equivalent “
Inability to count fingers in daylight at a distance of 3 metre.
Poverty is caused by blindness.
Associated with inequality.

24. Launched in 1976, 100% centrally sponsored
programme but decentralised in 1994-95 with
formation of DBCS in each district of the country.
Goal was to reduce the prevalence of blindness
from 1.4 to 0.3.
And as per 2015-19 survey , the prevalence was
o.36 %.
NATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR CONTROL OF BLINDNESS AND VISUAL IMPAIRMENT (NPCB
VI)

25. 12th 5 Year plan (2012-2017)
Objectives 8
Strategies 11
🧑Signature activities
🧑Reduce backlog
🧑Strengthening in 3 areas
🧑Community awareness
🧑Enhancing research
🧑Secure the participation
🧑Continued emphasis on freecataract surgery
and primary eye care
🧑Emphasis on comprehensive various eye
programs
🧑 Screening >50 and children
🧑coverage of underserved area
🧑IEC eye care
🧑Improving skills for high quality delivery
🧑 latest equipment and training of manpower
🧑 strengthened the DH by upgrading
infrastructure and providing manpower
🧑 MPMOU

26. Launched in Geneva in 1999.
Gobal initiative , a collaborative response initiative by WHO and
international agencies ( ORBIS, world blind union etc.) to reduce
avoidable blindness by 2020
India has also committed to this initiative
Features of this plan
VISION 2020: THE RIGHT TO SIGHT
Target diseases - Cataract,Refractory errors,Childhood blindness, Corneal blindness,
glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy.
Human Resources Development it includes development of professional eye care managers.
Infrastructure development four tier structure

28. UNIVERSAL EYE HEALTH: A GLOBAL ACTION PlAN 2014-2019
At the 66th World Health Assembly in 2011, a global eye health action plan
was adopted that opened a new opportunity , to prevent visual impairment
and strengthen rehabilitation of blind in the community.
5 Principles
Universal access and equity
Human rights
Evidence based practice
A life course approach
Empowerment of people with visual impairment.
Indicator
Prevalence and cause of visual impairment
Number of eye care personnel
Cataract surgery

29. School eye health services- School children form a sizeable part of community, they can be
screened and treated for defects such as refractive error, squint , trachoma etc.
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Vitamin A prophylaxis - Under the UIP, 2 lakh IU of vitamin A are given orally at
6 month interval between the age of 1-6 years.
Occupational health services - to prevent or treat eye hazards in industries.
Education on preventable eye hazards and use eye protection like in welding,
proper illumination should be there, safety features of machine.
Students should be taught about good posture, proper lighting, avoid glare, proper
distance and angle between books / screens and eyes.
TRACHOMA CONTROL PROGRAMME
Started by Union Ministry of health on 30th March 1963 and incorporated in NPCB VI

30. SAFE STRATEGIES

31. AID To BLIND PEOPLE
In the lifts , there are audio system and number
marked with braille codes, so that visually
impaired can also use it.
Tactile path for visually impaired.
Handrails alongside stairs.
Audiovisual indication while closing of metro
doors.
Station staff provide assistance.
Reservation in most of the jobs.

32. Self defence techniques should also be taught to students.
How to face any emergency situation, and proper measures that can be
taken to prevent that.
Awareness about health, yoga can be taught.
Some Suggestions

33. THANK YOU