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Mr Akhil Paul is the director of Sense International (India). He is also a member of Drafting Committee, constituted by the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment (Govt of India) to draft the new disability act- Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill-2011. He has also been awarded with the HSBC-Indo British Award in 2003 and the prestigious “Karmveer Puraskar” in 2010 for outstanding services to deafblind people in India.
Mr Akhil Paul on Universalisation of education for Deafblind children

Akhil Paul on status of elementary education for deafblind children
Sense International started working on Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (Government of India's flagship programme for universalisation of elementary education) a couple of years ago. In Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, where it began, Sense included a chapter of deaf blindness in the training manual of teachers. Post the training, the teachers started identifying children with this deafblindness and started including them in the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan . Later on, the programme was extended to many states in the country.

At the moment these children are being included into the mainstream schools or teachers are supporting them for the home-based set up. The problem is the teachers are not very sure how to deal with curriculum for these children. So now Sense is working on how to build the capacity of the teachers who are not specialists on deaf blindness and other multiple sensory disabilities.

The enrolment has increased, but at the same time one must see the quality also. The quality will come when the teachers will be able to modify the curriculum and adapt the curriculum for children with special needs. Among deaf blind children the dropout rate is very low. The parents have realized that this is the only place where their children will be trained.

Universalization of elementary education in India by 2010 is not possible for deaf blind children and also children with other disability. Because these are invisible disabilities and they don’t go out looking for children with sensory disability while implementing programmes and schemes. We must bring awareness. Awareness will bring these children out, it will help families to come out and voice their feelings.

If we follow the UN convention all the awareness programme and work in the right direction, then, within five years time, say by 2015 we will be able to atleast include all the identified deaf blind children.

Akhil Paul on Udaan, a network of Deafblind
Sense has a network called Udaan. This is a network of adult deaf blind. There are around 60 odd members spread across the country. They come together and decide what they want to do. At present they are at the early stages of their development and are trying to think what they can do for other deaf blind people who have not yet been identified. They discuss about issues related to certification, as most of them have not been certified because deaf blindness is not yet listed in a person’s disability act. Some carry two certificates one for deafness and other for blindness. Soft loans are available for the people who want to undertake vocational activities. So the people in Udaan are working out a presentation for that. These are the two areas at the moment Udaan network is working on.

 
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Jana gana mana adhinayaka jaya he
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Gaye tava jaya gatha
Jana gana mangala dhayaka jaya he
Bharata bhagya vidhata
Jaya he, jaya he, jaya he
Jaya jaya jaya, jaya he.

National Anthem (Translation)
Thou art the ruler of the minds of all people,
Dispenser of India's destiny.
Thy name rouses the hearts of Punjab, Shindhu,
Gujarat and Maratha,
Of the Dravida and Orisa and Bangla;
It echoes in the hills of the Vindhyas and Himalayas,
mingles in the music of Jamuna and Ganges and is
chanted by the waves of the Indian Ocean.
They pray for thy blessings and sing thy praise.
The saving of all people waits in thy hand,
Thou dispenser of India's destiny.
victory forever.
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