Three Training Centres for teachers of the handicapped are operating in the State in collaboration with the respective National Institutes viz.
- National Institute for the Visually Handicapped (NIVH), Dehradun;
- National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped (NIHH), Mumbai and
- National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped (NIMH), Secundarabad on a 40:60 funding basis.
The Training Centre for Teachers of the Visually Handicapped (TCTVH) is running in collaboration with the NIVH, the Training Centre for the Mentally Retarded (TCMR) in collaboration with the NIMH for training the teachers for mentally retarded students and the Training Centre for the Teachers of the Deaf (TCTD) in collaboration with the NIHH for training the teachers for students with hearing impairment.
In the TCTVH, the intake capacity is 25, while in the TCTD and TCMR, the capacity is 20 each. Thus, annually, 65 trained teachers qualify in the State to act as Special Educators in the Special Schools.
There was a provision of Rs.3.60 lakhs in the State Non-Plan Budget for 2006-07 for these three Training Centres.
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