How the ‘Visually Impaired’ finding their feet in job world in 2020 By Mr. Prashant Agarwal, President, Narayan Seva Sansthan.
jaipur. Gathering social parity with an aim to involve the physically challenged individuals is the first step for growth in the economy that offers more sustainability for an environment that is more inclusive. With social inclusiveness and awareness amongst the masses with no biases for people belonging to different backgrounds or inabilities there has been more acceptance shown in the society towards the visually impaired. Given more opportunities that have been created with corporates becoming aware on empowering individuals, the visually impaired now have many opportunities that they can garner for their growth and benefit.
According to National Programme for Control of Blindness (NPCB), 12 million people in India are suffering from visual impairment, and out of these only 29.16% are part of the education system. A mere 6.86% schools in India have access to Braille books and audio content.The education system not embracing the differently abled people especially visually impaired individuals, made it a challenging for them to apply and get jobs. The employment rate of visually impaired people in rural areas is 29% and in urban areas it is
Employers are now open to appoint or give a job to the people with visual inabilities as they have acquired skill sets like none other. This way, visually impaired are paving a path of their own and marking a footprint in the professional world to rise high.
There are a numerous job roles that are offered to the visually impairedby both the government and private sector. Various programs and courses such as the basic level of IT/Computer programing collated with JAWS (A Screen Reader Software) and NVDA (Non Visual Desktop Access). There are programs that equip these visually impaired candidate through CRM Voice and QP Training. By taking up these different courses, visually impaired people can enter into different fields. Some sectors that can be suggested to make career opportunities are:
