The treaty would also go a long way towards establishing equal rights and opportunities for education and employment for them, the HRD Ministry said in a statement here.
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 21 May notified all scheduled commercial banks to deploy only “talking ATMs” starting 1 July and also provide a plan to convert all the existing ATMs into talking ATMs with Braille keypads.
The Dubai Customs on Wednesday waived customs fees on eight major commodities for special needs people, a top official said.
Ahmed Mahboob Musabih, Dubai Customs Director, said the list includes educational and medical supplies, apparatuses, spare parts, motorised and manual wheelchairs, and customised vehicles for the crippled and paralysed. “These are ... (in addition) to crutches, hearing aids, speech aids, electronic devices for the blind and visually impaired and other equipment and supplies used by special needs people.”
The Directorate of Education on Tuesday informed the Delhi High Court that the direction to reserve nursery seats in private-unaided schools for children with special needs could not be implemented in the current academic year as the Supreme Court had earlier this month ordered that no changes be made to the points system for this year.
Chinese students will be able to sit for the college entrance exam in Braille, the ministry of education has announced.
Human Rights Watch described this week’s directive as an important breakthrough after years of campaigning by disability rights advocates in China, where educational and employment discrimnation are rife.
While a few blind students have studied at university, the vast majority have been effectively barred from higher education because there was no provision for them.
The Delhi High Court has paved the way for three per cent reservation for the disabled in the Higher Judicial Service by giving directions for earmarking one of the advertised posts in the ongoing recruitment process. The post, to be clubbed with more reserved vacancies, will be filled up in the next recruitment exercise.
With simultaneous assembly and general elections creating huge optimism in all sections of the society, office of Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) is all set to make some identified polling stations friendly to persons with disabilities (PWDs).
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is often considered as a student-friendly board that always endeavors to make examination stress-free for all students, without degrading the standard of education.
Perceiving the significance of education, CBSE has taken special initiatives for disabled students, letting them appear in examinations conveniently, while maintain the original syllabus, paper pattern as well as appropriate difficulty levels.
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