The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras joined hands with Madras Dyslexia Association (MDA) to launch ‘e-Shikshanam,’ ’a free online teacher training program to provide remedial support to children with specific learning difficulties. This course will train teachers and other stakeholders who work with a child with dyslexia. The training program aims at providing remedial instructions to children up to class 5.
The course is open all over India through the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) — an online platform where several courses from across the IITs are available (nptel.ac.in).
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The program consists of sections such as Introduction to dyslexia, child development, screening, reading, spelling, writing, Math, study skills and Multiple Intelligence (MI). The course is being provided free of cost and will propose the learner with tactics to cope with difficulties in reading, spelling, writing and mathematics.
President, MDA, D. Chandrasekhar said, “There are about two million children with dyslexia in Tamil Nadu alone and there are simple remedial measures to help them. Empowering the teachers is a very important step. This is going to every school in India and in Sri Lanka and other countries where English is the medium of instruction.”
For the certification of teachers after the completion of the course the teachers have to view Case studies, analyze them, and answer related questions.