TURA: To bridge the learning gap between visually and non-visually impaired students, a workshop on learning Braille maps including a quiz competition was held for students of Montfort Centre for Education on Tuesday at the school complex in Danakgre.
Organised by NATMO under the central government’s department of Science and Technology, the focus was on narrowing the learning gap between blind and normal students.
The participants were introduced to Braille maps with particular focus on the states of the north east and a quiz competition was later held for the participating students.
“The education system of India has been updated to inclusive setup where we can club up the entire general as well as children with special needs to learn under one umbrella. When we talk about children with disabilities, the visually impaired children are using various means to convey information related to studies. Tactile graphics are a means of conveying non-textual information to people who are blind or visually impaired and may include tactile representations of pictures, maps, graphs, diagrams and other images,” said Montfort principal Bro. KJ Jose.
Sweta Banerjee, scientific officer from the Department of Science and Technology conducted the Braille Quiz for the students.
