Pingalwara opens school for deaf

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, April 27

The All India Pingalwara Charitable Society has opened its first school for children with hearing disability at a gurdwara in Garhshankar, Hoshiarpurt. The gurdawara is under the SGPC.

The aim of involving gurdawaras is to compensate for the absence of professional schools for the deaf children in the state. At present, sign language is taught in six schools in which 270 students study. The society had urged the gurdawaras to allow them space to conduct classes.

The schools are using digital technology to promote such education. Apart from the schools run by the society, there are different education institutes, which have given space to the society to run their classes. The students are identified by the field staff of the charitable society.

Rajinder Pal Singh, Director, Bhagat Puran Singh School of Deaf, Manawala, said, “Promoting deaf education is the need of the hour. In 22 schools in the state, we have managed to provide education in 12 districts. One school at a gurdwara located at Garhshankar has come up.”