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There is a job vacancy at Jaipur - the position is of a consultancy nature - working with the State Education Department. Position title - Consultant (Inclusive Education Department) for Blind and Low Vision Children The job description is attached along with this email. Please feel free to circulate amongst your network and ask persons to directly get in touch with Ms. Sugandhi Baliga (HR Manager at Sightsavers, India Region) by the 10th of March Could you kindly help us in circulating this information through your network? Thanks and Regards Sabitra Job Description : Consultant Inclusive Education Department (Blind and Low Vision) - Government Inclusive Education programme strengthening project, (Government Of Rajasthan) Location: Jaipur Background of the project Sarva Sikhsha Abhiyan (SSA) has made significant move by identifying about 2.5 Lakh children with special need in the state of Rajasthan and enrolling 2.4 Lakh of the identified children in the mainstream schools. Various initiatives such as developing existing SSA resource rooms as model resource rooms, appointing resource teachers to support the education of Children with special need (CWSN), clinical and functional assessment of the children, distribution of aids and appliances, making barrier free environment at schools, orientation and training of school teachers on disability have been initiated under inclusive education programme of SSA. The enrolment of children with specific need in the schools has given new hope to the children and their parents and is creating demand for specific support services. Lack of human resources has been one of the major challenges across the county in supporting the inclusive education component of the SSA. Two hundred and sixty nine (269) resource teachers have been appointed so far for 33 districts of the state - but looking at the number of identified children (2.48 Lakh) this is inadequate. Availability of resource teachers specialized to a particular disability remains another challenge. For 33552 identified visual impaired children in the state 66 special educators trained in VI are available which is highly inadequate. Due to less number of resource teachers' children with visual impairment find difficulty in receiving regular specific support and their educational need is not fulfilled properly. Lack of human resources also restricts the district authorities to extend other support services to the children with specific need. State also lacks technical manpower for assessment of low vision children and as a result very few children in the state have been assessed for low vision and given low vision devices. Children requiring plus curriculum training need regular and intensive support in the beginning so that they learn Braille and other plus curriculum skills and their integration in the mainstream schools becomes easier. Involvement of the parents and the community in the education of the children with specific need has not been significant in the state. Sightsavers has been supporting the Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) programme in the two districts along with other districts in Rajasthan for the last 8 years. The CBR programme will facilitate in mobilizing community support in the implementation of the project. Realizing the current challenges being faced in the implementation of the inclusive education component in the state this partnership of Sightsavers with Government of Rajasthan is intended to pilot new approaches in two needy districts Jaisalmer and Barmer and undertake some specific state level joint initiatives. The ultimate aim of this collaboration is to see that all the blind and low vision children in the two pilot districts receive quality education and state initiative to promote inclusive education for children with specific need is strengthened. Sightsavers would be strengthening the state cell of inclusive education by supporting the salary component of a consultant for Blind / Low Vision for 3 years who will be supporting the IE cell in reporting and documentation along with coordinating the district pilot projects of the two districts. Sightsavers would be extending technical support to the IE cell in planning out the services to low vision children of the entire state and also provide resource support for training and capacity building activities as agreed in the proposal. Key Responsibilities of the Consultant The Key responsibilities of the Consultant mainly consist of the following: 1. Extending technical and managerial support to the State IED cell in the entire cycle of programme management consisting of planning, implementation and monitoring. 2. Take lead in documentation of the success stories and interventions under IED component of SSA in the state of Rajasthan. 3. Provide technical inputs on strengthening Resource rooms in the Districts of Rajasthan. 4. To gather information on progress being made in the pilot Districts for facilitating discussions and decisions in the state level programme steering committee. 5. Support IED cell in planning and conducting training and capacity building activities for the various functionaries under the IED component. 6. Support IED cell in development of and revision of various training modules developed for the IED component as and when necessary. 7. Take lead in development of necessary Information Education and Communication (IEC) material for the IED programme. 8. Provide inputs to the state IED unit in undertaking clinical and functional assessment of CWSN. 9. Support select Resource Teachers for planning training programmes at District level. 10. Undertake visits to the field to review and monitor the IED programme across the state of Rajasthan. 11. Liaison and coordinate with District SSA officials of pilot Districts (Barmer and Jaisalmer) and extend requisite support from state IED cell for programme strengthening. The Consultant will be placed at the IED cell-SSA for this project. The Consultant shall be paid a remuneration of Rs.30000/- (Rs. Thirty thousand only) per month inclusive of any tax. Income tax (Tax Deducted at Source) will be deducted as applicable before making the payment. Get numbers right this time, help the census with correct disability info! Question 9 relates to disability.
