Selection of Youth with Disabilities ( Age between 13-19 yrs ) for National IT Competition.
This year the Global IT Challenge (GITC) for Youth with Disabilities will be held during 21st – 25th November, 2016 in Yagzhou, Jiangsu, China. The event is meant for four categories of Youth with Disabilities i.e in the categories of visual impairment , hearing impairment, physical impairment(locomotor) and intellectual / development disorder in the age group 13-19 years. Govt. of India has been requested by the organizer i.e Korean Society for Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities to nominate one youth with disability from each of the above categories to participate in the GITC 2016 in China. The required expenditure towards to and fro air ticket and lodging and boarding will be borne by the organizer for participating in China.
With a view to finalize nomination of Govt of India to participate in the above event, applications are here by invited from the prospective Youth with Disabilities in the age group of 13-19 yrs from the following four categories
- Visual Impairment
- Hearing Impairment
- Physical Impairment ( Locomotor)
- Intellectual / Development Disorder
Eligibility for Participation in the nomination process are
- Must be in the age group of 13-19 yrs in the above four categories
- Must be able to work with Internet Explorer web browser, MS Office and Scratch Programmes
- Must be able to communicate in English should apply
( College and University going youth with disabilities are not allowed to participate even in they are falling within the above age group)
On receiving applications, the department may conduct a National IT competition to select the suitable nomination to represent India in the GITC 2016. The competition will be done on the following areas
- Local Individual education – eLearning mentoring training content: Understanding of Information IT understanding of the competition subjects and utilization e-Tool challenge, e-life Map challenge, e-Design Challenge, e-Creative Challenge
- IT Paralympiad – e-Tool Challenge : development assessment; e-Life Map challenge: Individual assessment; e-Design Challenge; group assessment and e-Creative Challenge: group assessment.
The venue and date of National Competition will be intimated to eligible applicants separately. For participating in the National Competition the applicant shall have to bear the expenditure for their trave.
The department will make arrangement for their lodging and boarding along with one escort during their stay at the centre where National Competition will be held.
Interested Youth with disabilities fulfilling above criteria may send their application in prescribed format ( annex- 1 in download) to
The Director, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Room No 518, Paryavaran Bhawan, CGO Complex, New Delhi
or email to kvs.rao13@nic.in latest by 30th may 2016.
Source : http://www.disabilityaffairs.gov.in/content/whatsnews.php