There has been an increase of almost 10 per cent in the number of registrations under the Persons with Disabilities (PwD) category at the Delhi University, officials said Sunday.

A total of 1,665 people have registered under this category on the varsity’s admission portal this year, including an acid attack victim and leprosy-cured persons.
 

Twenty-one conditions are included under the PwD category.

A new software developed by Bengaluru students will completely change the way visually challenged students access maps and images in Braille books. 

Children with special needs will now study along with regular students in secondary schools specially set up for inclusive education in the state, according to officials.

Four such schools are being set up in Prayagraj, Lucknow, Auraiya and Kannauj districts as part of a new initiative of the government.

District disabled empowerment officer, Prayagraj, Vipin Upadhyay said: “In Prayagraj, the special school is being constructed at a cost of Rs 16.97 crore in Gedurahi village of Meja development block, around 35km from the city in trans-Yamuna area.”

Tribune News Service

Shimla, June 20

The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) has urged the state government to implement its long-pending demands, including 3 per cent job reservation, backlog clearance, proper running of state managed special schools in Sundernagar and Dahlia, Shimla, and an increase in conveyance allowance from Rs 500 to Rs 1,000 per month.