Varanasi: The faculty of Education, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), will organise ‘Sign Sphere 2026’, a five-day workshop and training programme on Indian Sign Language (ISL), from Oct 26 to 30.
Head and dean, faculty of Education, Prof Sunil Kumar Singh, said the training is designed for B.Ed. The programme aims to sensitise participants to deafness, promote awareness of ISL as a natural language, and help them develop basic sign-language communication skills. Special Education (Hearing Impairment) students of Semesters I and III, as well as teachers from special schools for deaf students in Varanasi.
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