As discussed in the first Standing Advisory Committee meeting held on 21st Feb 2012 at 3 pm in VCO Conference Room, IGNOU, the future plans are as follows :
Establish
collaborative relationships via MOUs with the RCI, NIHH and other government and
major NGOs
Call a
Round table meeting deaf leaders
Conduct an
Interpreters needs assessment meeting
Conduct an
ISL teachers needs assessment meeting
Call a
principals and teachers of schools for the deaf meeting
Hold
parents of deaf children meeting
Four-week
Interpreter Training Program (the first of these is tentatively planned for
June-July, 2012)
Prepare
brochures on goals and activities of ISLRTC
Provide
an orientation session on deafness to IGNOU officials
Set up of
ISL classes on IGNOU campus
Find and
select a brand ambassador for ISL
Videotape,
public service announcement using brand ambassador
Use
volunteers from abroad-- Hiring of Temporary Professors from Abroad
Establish
MOUs with foreign universities specializing in areas that pertain to ISLRTC
goals
Appreciation and certification courses in ISL, deaf awareness, and bilingualism
Develop
modules to train master trainers for bilingual education of deaf children
Diploma,
B.A, and MA Degree level programs for Interpreters training
Diploma,
B.Ed, M.Ed and Ph.D. level programmes in deaf education following the bilingual
model for teaching deaf children
B.A. and
M.A. degree level programs in linguistics, deaf studies and deaf culture
ISL
classes for parents of deaf children and general public and regular workshops in
the area of ISL teaching, interpreting and bilingual education
Establishing four regional centres of ISLRTC (south, northeast, central and
western India)
Licensing
for interpreters, sign language teachers and bilingual educators
Developing
examination and scoring system for licensing of various professionals trained at
ISLRTC in collaboration with NIHH and RCI
Establishing and maintaining a laboratory to research linguistic aspects of ISL,
interpreting and bilingual education
Developing
print and electronic literature in ISL for young deaf children
Working
with various universities to offer ISL classes at university level as credit
course (just like French and other foreign languages)
Establishing collaborative relationships with major colleges and universities in
other countries to provide on-line classes leading to degrees to deaf people in
various disciplines. This arrangement will be reciprocative in nature. Indian
students will receive degrees from universities from other countries and deaf
students in other countries will receive degrees from IGNOU/ISLRTC
Establishing and maintaining an exhaustive print and electronic media library in
the areas of ISL, interpreting, bilingual education and deaf culture
Disseminating all kind of research and teaching information to researchers,
teachers, interpreters, deaf population and general public
Establishing guidelines to prioritize hiring of deaf persons to ensue majority
of deaf staff