Make Indian Sign Language official language and open more schools for deaf and hard-of-hearing students, study advises
17 March 2025Around one in five (over 19%) of India鈥檚 deaf and hard-of-hearing children were out-of-school in 2014, according to a survey conducted for the Indian Government.聽A new study calls on the Government to address this ongoing educational crisis by recognising Indian Sign Language as an official language; rejecting 鈥榦ralism鈥, the belief that deaf people can and should communicate exclusively by lipreading and speech; and opening more schools and higher education institutes for deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) students.