How does DDB empower the children?
At DDB the children get educational, pre-vocational and physical training, as well as benefit from cultural activities, art and craft, and the interaction with society through the school. DDB also offers the children opportunities to perform in front of members of the public in various domains – singing, drawing etc. DDB allows these children to become responsible individuals despite their “disability”. Saturday is reserved for drawing activities In 1997, DDB started using computers for the teaching of deaf and blind students. The children were taught pre-vocational skills, including MS Office and DTP applications (PageMaker, CorelDraw and Photoshop). However this was stopped in 2005 due to the change in technologies. DDB’s material and equipment had become out-of-date, and no longer supported new advanced software. Nitin is very keen for this teaching system to start again. This would be very beneficial for the children as, among other things, computers are a great to teach mathematic
