Applications are invited for PG Diploma in Teaching Children with Learning Disabilities at Azim Premji University, Bengaluru. The batch will start from March, 2025.

About the University

Azim Premji University is a private university, located in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. It was founded in 2010 and is named after Azim Premji, an Indian businessman and philanthropist who was chairman of Wipro Limited.

Course Details

About 5 to 15 percent of children in classrooms in India have a learning disability. Policies mandate that all children need to be part of the regular school system, irrespective of their learning needs. But due to lack of awareness and poor implementation of the policies, children with disabilities are often forced to drop out of school. Teacher preparedness is critical for ensuring that children with learning disabilities become a part of an inclusive school system. 

The Postgraduate Diploma programme in Teaching Children with Learning Disabilities aims to equip teachers to understand the nature and characteristics of the condition as well as possess the necessary knowledge to adapt the curriculum and modify teaching strategies to help the children cope with the demands of a regular school curriculum and become lifelong autonomous learners.

Enabling teachers with the required skills and knowledge helps develop competencies needed to function as effective inclusive school teachers, thereby fostering their professional growth in the workplace.

Important Features

  • This programme is aligned to the credit structure as defined by the National Credit Framework (NCrF) issued by UGC in April 2023 and aims to fulfil the need for professional development amongst school practitioners and functionaries.
  • It enables to deepen the understanding about the nature and needs of students with learning disabilities and related conditions in classrooms.
  • There is a deliberate focus to provide knowledge about the processes of curriculum adaptation, assessment and educational programme planning for students with learning disabilities.
  • The practitioner’s ability to apply research-based teaching methods for children with learning disabilities in regular school classrooms is enabled through this programme.

Programme Structure

The 40 credits, 12 months Diploma is offered in a blended mode, with online and on-campus interaction.

The batch will start in March, 2025.

Eligibility

This postgraduate diploma is open to practicing regular school teachers, special educators, counsellors and school heads working in private and public school systems in India.

How to Apply?

Interested teachers can apply online via this link.

Contact

Email: admission[dot]diploma[at]apu[dot]edu[dot]in

Click here to view the official notification of PG Diploma in Teaching Children with Learning Disabilities at Azim Premji University, Bengaluru.