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JEEVAN GNANODAYA CHARITABLE TRUST
JEEVAN GNANODAYA HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
C – 46, 5th Cross Street, Anna Nagar,
Chengalpattu, Tamilnadu, India
Pincode – 603 001
Phone No – 044 27428708
E.Mail:
PROJECT PROPOSAL 2008 - 2009
Dear Asha Friends,
Greetings from Jeevan Gnanodaya staff, children and my self. Let me at the very outset convey my profound thanks for the continued support of Asha Friends by way of donations, guidance and assistance with the help of which all the wings under the one umbrella of Jeevan Gnanodaya – the School, I.T.I, Hostel, Evening Tuition Centre – are functioning in the best possible manner.
Now, we are endeavoring with all our might for preparing our children to fare well in their fast approaching Annual Examinations.
Since the start of our School, for the past 18 years we have been offering Speech Training and also Academic Education to our children with hearing impairment. Thus, children of our School become capable of speaking and also acquire proficiency in School Education and Vocational Training. At present the children of our School are receiving Speech-Training and Academic Education in Tamil only. The fact that Education is not being taught through the medium of English in our School is being increasingly felt as a hurdle in the way of our children’s progress. As they are taught in Tamil they find it difficult to learn about how to use Computer to the best of their advantage. And, lack of English knowledge prove a great obstacle in their employment opportunities also.
As the present day younger generation face intense competition in the field of Education and Employment and as our educational system has advanced to a great extent, our students find it very difficult to cope with the growing demand for knowledge and proficiency in English. They are not able to benefit from anything that is rendered in English. Especially, in I.T.I., most of the subjects have question papers in English and we have obtained first-hand knowledge of the way our I.T.I students struggle with their question and answer papers.
Hence, we have planned in right earnest to impart Education in English and through the medium of English and have been striving hard in this direction for the past 10 years, visiting various Schools for the children with hearing impairment, Training Schools for them and also the University of Coimbatore, to find out how the knowledge of English and also education in various subjects through the medium of English can be imparted to our children with hearing impairment.
But, if we are to impart Education through the medium of English it makes it imperative that our children should learn Sign Language also through English. So far our children have been learning Speech and Lip Reading through the medium of Tamil and switching over to English at this stage, teaching Speech and Sign Language in English would prove a very difficult task both for the teachers and the students too would find it very difficult to adapt themselves to the change in the medium of instruction.
Still, as we sincerely believe that proficiency in English and learning through English would definitely help and benefit our children in the long run and enable them to stand on par with others and also pave the way for enhancing their standard of living we have decided to impart both Speech and Sign Language through the medium of English and also teaching them the language of English thereby helping them gain proficiency in spoken and written English.
If Sign Language and English are to be introduced we should appoint specially qualified and trained teachers who could teach children with hearing impairment. Keeping this in mind and with a view to learn about the advantages and practical difficulties of teaching Sign Language through the medium of English we paid a visit to Sri Ramakrishna University in Coimbatore and met the I.H.R.D.CDean there and explained to him our previous state of affairs and our proposed plans for the future. Giving us a patient hearing he explained to us the hurdles that would come our way in the beginning but said that once they are overcome there would surely be lasting advantages in our new initiative.
Further, he has also promised to us that he would send two of their specially trained and qualified teachers having Diploma and Post Graduate Degree in the said field of specialization for the said purpose and also told us that he would arrange for a ‘campus-interview’on 19.04.2008 with the help of which we could select instructors for teaching Speech and Sign Language to our children through the medium of English.
For the success of this new initiative we require the following Teaching Staff:
1)Diploma Teacher - 2
2)B.Ed., Teacher - 2
Also, for this new initiative to take shape and prove effective we need an additional amount of Rs.26,000/- every month for paying salary to the ‘special educators’. But, as you know, the way things stand today we keep struggling to make both ends meet and we also have very many an essential and recurring expenses towards Maintenance, Hostel, Food, Cloth, Medicare, Education, Accessories etc. And, along with these if an additional expense is also to be borne every month, we would surely find it a great unbearable burden.
At the same time, we are very sure that this new initiative would prove a great boon to our children with hearing impairment. Hence, we, as usual, appeal to you to come to our aid in realizing this initiative of ours, the way you have supported all our endeavors for the cause of children with hearing impairment.
Looking forward to your positive response which would prove a great help to the children of Jeevan Gnanodaya in their march into the Future.
Thanking you,
Yours sincerely,
L.DEVARAJAN
Jeevan Gnanodaya School for the Deaf
SPECIAL TRAINED TEACHERS MONTHLY PAY DETAILS
FOR THE YEAR OF 2008 - 2009
S. NO. / NUMBER OF TRAINED TEACHERSREQUIRED / MONTHLY PAY / PER ANNUM WE NEED(Amount in Rupees)
1. / Two Diploma Special Trained Teachers in teaching the Deaf / 6,000 x 2 x 12 / 1,44,000.00
2. / B.Ed., Special Trained Teachers in Teaching the Deaf / 7000 x 2 x 12 / 1,68,000.00
TOTAL / Rs.3,12,000.00
(Rupees Three Lack and Twelve thousand only)
Total Amount we need for the year 2008 – 2009.