Chembur Colony Yuvak Mandal

The present and the future lie in the hands of the children. And the present and future of the children lie in the hands of the teachers. Therefore building a nation is synonymous to building the teachers. Special children and special teachers are no exception. If special children with hearing impairment need to contribute in nation building, special teachers need to be groomed well to face the challenge of facilitating all-round growth and development of these children. With this philosophical base, Hashu Advani College of Special Education, popularly known as HACSE, undertakes various activities related to human resource development in the filed of special education.

The college is named after Late Shri Hashu Adavni who founded Chembur Colony Yuvak Mandal in the year 1953. Hashuji was the one who felt the need to start a college for the teachers of hearing impaired after he realized that there was a shortage of special teachers not only in Maharashtra but all over India. The college however came into existence in the year 1997, after the sad demise of Shri. Hashuji.

The college is affiliated to University of Mumbai and recognized by Rehabilitation Council of India, New Delhi, a statutory body under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt. of India.

The college has received the Good Performance Award from the Rehabilitation Council of India for helping the citizens of Mumbai by promoting field based programmes with implications at national level. It has further enabled the persons with hearing handicapped to develop independence and social integration through education, training and employment.

Objectives of HACSE

To develop a task force of newly trained teachers who have appropriate knowledge, skills and attitude to educate children with hearing impairment in

Special Schools
Integrated schools
Inclusive Schools
Training / therapy centers
Individual coaching

To empower the existing in service teachers to perform optimally with updated Knowledge and skills
To contribute actively in the growth and development of the field of special education of the children with hearing impairment by providing consultancy and expertise to NGOs and GOs in the areas like

Inclusive education
Recent trends in education / therapy
Research into special education
Man power development
Distance Education

To develop teaching materials that would facilitate teacher education programmes which includes

Reading materials
Audio Visuals
Power Point Presentations

To undertake research into various areas like

Assessment and instruction
Effective teacher education
Teaching learning materials

To empower parents / families of the children with hearing impairment so that Education and home stimulation facilitate each other

Strengths of HACSE

Expert faculty
Excellent classroom experience in reputed school for the deaf i.e. RTT School
Access to computer technology
Well equipped library
Individual attention
Affiliation with Mumbai University
Recognition of the Rehabilitation Council of India
Exposure to various educational activities

Activities of HACSE

B.Ed (H.I) - one year training programme to become teachers of students with hearing impairment.
Short term training / Workshop / Seminars for in-service special teachers
Collaboration with and consultancy to GOs and NGOs
Development of Teaching-learning Material to support teacher education
Research projects
Parent Empowerment program

The college has a Central Library equipped with a good number of Reference and Text Books on Deaf Education and the related areas. It has got a Computer facility with high speed Internet connection. The students and faculty use this facility for the academic work for no any extra charges.

Course Details

Duration : It is a Full-time one Year course. The College generally starts from the second week of June every year. The exact date will be announced by the University of Mumbai.

Eligibility : Graduate of any faculty of a recognized University or its equivalent and have a minimum of 45% marks for General Category and 40% for Reserved Category.

Admission : An Entrance Examination is held in the month of April every year by Govt. of Maharashtra for the purpose. After getting qualified in the examination, the candidate can opt for his / her desired college as per the merit list.

Note : There is no Direct Admission to the course.

Fees : Total fees of Rs. 13, 370 (2006-07) to be paid at the time of admission. Scholarships can be availed by SC / ST / DT-NT / OBC candidates by producing necessary certificates.

Medium of Instruction : Lectures are held in English but candidates have the option of writing the papers in English / Marathi / Hindi.

Curriculum : The course consists of 7 theory papers and practicals as follows.

(Part - A) Theory papers for 500 Marks.

Paper	Subjects	Marks
1	Education in the Emerging Indian Society	75
2	Education Psychology and Persons with Disabilities	75
3	Educational Management, Curriculum Designing and Research	75
4	Facilitating the Language and Communication Development in children with Hearing Impairment	75
5	Audiology and Aural Rehabilitation	75
6	Introduction to Speech and Developing Speech in Children with Hearing Impairment.	75
7	Subject Teaching Section Section A:- Science and Maths Section B:- Social Sciences	50

(Part - B) Practicals : Assessment of the "Part B" by the Institution on the above areas: Out of 500 Marks.

(Part - B) consists of : Classroom Observations, Lesson Planning and Execution, Micro-Teaching and Simulated teaching, Individualized Educational Programme, Language Skills, Ear Mould Making, Repairs of Hearing Aid, Audiology, Speech Teaching and Psycho Educational Evaluation.

To pass the examination a candidate must obtain in Part 'A' and Part 'B' (separately) 40% of the total Marks (Internal + External) in each paper and 45% of the aggregate Marks.