CHENNAI: This year the Global IT Challenge (GITC) for Youth with Disabilities will be held during 21st – 25th November, 2016 in Yagzhou, Jiangsu, China. The event is meant for four categories of disabilities – visual impairment, hearing impairment, physical impairment (locomotor) and intellectual/development disorder for people within 13-19 years. One youth with disability from each of the above categories will be nominated to participate in the GITC 2016 in China.

The results of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class XII announced on Saturday show a successful trend in Government schools as compared to private schools. This year, there is a huge dent in the performance of private schools, whose performance has declined by nearly 10 per cent from 41.22 per cent to 32.57 per cent in its past percentage from last year.

CHENNAI: WHEN on a rainy Tuesday afternoon, C Margaret, an English teacher at Little Flowers Convent School for Blind and Deaf, remarked “Literature is not about books but of life’s experiences,” her student S Sandhya nodded her head instantly.

Where there's a will, there's a way and 26-year-old Pranjal Patil, a visually-impaired Ulhasnagar resident, has proved it right by clearing the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exams and getting an All-India ranking of 773.

Soon, there could be a good news for the people with disabilities (PwDs). As per the draft of Right of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2014, disability certificates issued by State authorities will be valid across the country.