EduVITech
Empowering Education and employment for Visually Impaired in information technology
A.3 Promotion of social inclusion and the fight against poverty
A.3.1: Provide young people, especially those belonging to the NEETS, and women, with marketable skills
Our proposed idea centers around supporting the inclusion of visually impaired students in IT education, specifically in Information Technology education. We think that the inclusion of visually-impaired students in IT education is feasible based on the many success stories of visually-impaired software developers.
Visually impaired people have always enjoyed fewer job opportunities. Although there has been an increasing interest in the education of visually impaired people, we noticed that most partially-sighted learners tend to study art subjects, while their participation in science education is still limited. There is a common false belief that science subjects are generally not suitable for blind and partially sighted learners, besides that our institution lacks the capacity and knowledge required to change this belief. In addition, we are not aware of any similar project in the region that have tackled that same issue, and this is likely to increase our opportunity to win the bid.
The IT sector is of the most rapidly growing sectors, and the demand for IT jobs has risen dramatically. In addition, the freelancing platforms offer precious opportunities for IT graduate in particular, and thus they provide a remedy for the unemployment among graduates.
This inclusion, however, needs many actions to be taken such as the adaptation of course plans, the use of specific equipment or assistive technologies, training of academic staff on teaching blind and visually-impaired students, adopting special teaching and learning approaches convenient with the needs of target students, and many other actions to be decided later.
Visually impaired people have always enjoyed fewer job opportunities. Although there has been an increasing interest in the education of visually impaired people, we noticed that most partially-sighted learners tend to study art subjects, while their participation in science education is still limited. There is a common false belief that science subjects are generally not suitable for blind and partially sighted learners, besides that our institution lacks the capacity and knowledge required to change this belief. In addition, we are not aware of any similar project in the region that have tackled that same issue, and this is likely to increase our opportunity to win the bid.
The IT sector is of the most rapidly growing sectors, and the demand for IT jobs has risen dramatically. In addition, the freelancing platforms offer precious opportunities for IT graduate in particular, and thus they provide a remedy for the unemployment among graduates.
This inclusion, however, needs many actions to be taken such as the adaptation of course plans, the use of specific equipment or assistive technologies, training of academic staff on teaching blind and visually-impaired students, adopting special teaching and learning approaches convenient with the needs of target students, and many other actions to be decided later.
• Help integrate visually impaired people, especially from women, into the IT business by designing and delivering an IT diploma program specially designed for their needs.
• Support the employability of visually impaired people by providing training on freelancing and outsourcing skills, and help them work on freelancing platforms.
• Building the capacity in partner universities to support the inclusion of visually impaired students through curriculum development, staff training, staff, and student and mobility, and promoting the IT infrastructure.
• Support the communication between employers, IT firms and educational institutions from one side and visually impaired graduates from another side. This will be achieved through the establishment of an online portal system that enables tracking of graduates and provides job adverts on a regular basis.
• Raise the awareness of the rights and capabilities of visually impaired students, and coordinate with governmental institutions and related bodies to set up policies to support the inclusion of them in the IT sector.
• Support the employability of visually impaired people by providing training on freelancing and outsourcing skills, and help them work on freelancing platforms.
• Building the capacity in partner universities to support the inclusion of visually impaired students through curriculum development, staff training, staff, and student and mobility, and promoting the IT infrastructure.
• Support the communication between employers, IT firms and educational institutions from one side and visually impaired graduates from another side. This will be achieved through the establishment of an online portal system that enables tracking of graduates and provides job adverts on a regular basis.
• Raise the awareness of the rights and capabilities of visually impaired students, and coordinate with governmental institutions and related bodies to set up policies to support the inclusion of them in the IT sector.
- The teaching staff of IT College is trained on the use and adaptation of assistive technology to teach STEM.
- Training of academic staff on special teaching methods in STEM areas for visually impaired students.
- VI students are professional qualified for IT.
- Training of academic staff on special teaching methods in STEM areas for visually impaired students.
- VI students are professional qualified for IT.
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• European partners who have experience in science education, IT in particular, for visually impaired students. This is a must so that EU partners can convey their experience through training, consultancy, and supervision to other partners.
• MENA partners who are willing to build the capacity in IT education for visually impaired students.
• Representatives from the private sector, especially IT firms and incubators who can provide on-site training and incubation services to graduates so that they can find job opportunities.
• MENA partners who are willing to build the capacity in IT education for visually impaired students.
• Representatives from the private sector, especially IT firms and incubators who can provide on-site training and incubation services to graduates so that they can find job opportunities.
US$ 2,500,000 to US$ 3,500,000
Noor
Hammad
Islamic University of Gaza
University/research centre
Gaza
Palestine
noor.h.akram@gmail.com
+972592850767
http://www.iugaza.edu.ps/
Approved