The RCI is the regulatory body responsible for training of personnel & professionals in the field of rehabilitation & special education. We are an approved and recognized training Centre of RCI and offer a 2-year Diploma course in Education- Special Education – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities - D.Ed (SE)(IDD).
It is our mission to create a highly-skilled workforce to take up the task of providing quality education to children with intellectual disabilities and development.
- The D.Ed (SE)(IDD)is taught over two academic years, comprising two semesters each.
- Year 1 - 6 Theoretical papers and 6 practical papers
- Year 2 - 6 Theoretical papers and 6 practical papers
- Practical Papers include training in a wide range of internationally-recognized pedagogic
practices including Assessment & Individualized Education Program (IEP), Therapeutics
&Behaviour Modification, and Intervention Case Studies.
- Regular institutional visits are organized for the trainees to provide real-world and first-hand experience in how various organizations are efficiently undertaking the task of teaching children with other forms of disabilities such as hearing or visual impairment, Autism, Cerebral Palsy, etc.
Lectures, demonstration, project work, group work, seminar presentation, discussions, exposure visits to schools/rehabilitation projects, community meetings, medical camps, community development programmes, teaching experience in disability intervention programmes at grassroots level.
It is mandatory for every rehabilitation professional / personnel to obtain a “Registered Personnel / Professional Certificate” from the RCI to work in the field of special education in India.
As continuous professional growth is necessary for the renewal of the certificate, the rehabilitation professional / personnel should undergo in-serviceprogramme periodically to update their professional knowledge.
Enrolled candidates will be taught by our highly-qualified and experiencedin-house core faculty(link to core team bios)and benefit from guest lectures on specific topics by eminent practitioners and researchers.
Faculty participation in both national and international seminars is an integral part of this programme.
Our graduates are eligible for:
i) The Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET), the Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board (DSSSB), and other examinations for teachers choosing to enter into Government serviceas special educators.
ii) Work as Special Educators in regular, special and inclusive schools as well as hospitals and clinics.
special educators. ii) work as Special Educators in regular, special and inclusive schools as well as hospitals and clinics.
Class 12 from a recognized Board with minimum aggregate marks of 50%. A relaxation of 5% for Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (SC), or Person with Disability (PwD) categories.
Eighty per cent minimum attendance is required in both the theory and practical modules for eligibility to take the semester-end examinations.
These are geared to help all important stakeholders, from parents and siblings of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities, to administrators and practitioners, on various topics such as managing behavioural problems, methods of teaching skills at home, etc.
Training programmes for in-service special educators on topics approved by the RCI), conducted online and offline by experienced and well-trained field experts.
Students at NTH are given opportunities to learn apart from regular curriculum through workshops on puppet making, TLM preparation, storytelling, sports, inter-college activities and competitions , which are integral to the programme. They also celebrate festivals and important dates like World Autism day and Disability Day, through walkathons, nukkad nataks, etc.
We offer several internships at NTH, whereby students from other organizations and universities are placed with us.
We seek to bring about attitudinal change in people and promote inclusion of children with
intellectual and development disabilities in the wider community.
We do this by organizing
regular lectures, talks, nukkad nataks, and distribution of pamphlets in schools, colleges, and to
the public.
Our programme is conducted in a hybrid mode with virtual classes for both theory and practical, seminars by students, discussions and monthly online exams.
ANANTH SCHOOL
SVAYAM OPD
& ANANTH TRAINING CENTRE
