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Disabled students asked to pay admission fees |
A number of differently abled students have alleged that they had to pay more than Rs 1,000 for admission to colleges, despite the state government's guidelines to exempt tuition and... |
Discrimination, General, Education and Employment |
24/Jul/2014 |
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What ails education of visually impaired? |
Vikas Kumar Yadav, a student of BA (Hons) Hindi IInd year at Hindu College feels helpless when making rounds to the Delhi University library.
In between attending classes and trying to gain knowledge... |
General, Education and Employment |
23/Jul/2014 |
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School for blind had no state recognition |
A day after the outrageous expose of the merciless thrashing of blind students at a school run by a voluntary organisation, a local court has sent the correspondent and principal of... |
General, Education and Employment |
23/Jul/2014 |
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More insanity: Blind students brutally caned by school teacher in AP |
Even as the nation writhes in agony over the Bangalore school rape incident, another shocking case of brutality against children has to come light, this time from Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh.
A... |
Discrimination, General, Education and Employment |
21/Jul/2014 |
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Sight loss glasses prototype hailed |
A PAIR of smart glasses that enable those suffering from sight loss to see obstacles and faces has been named one of 10 finalists in a Google charity competition.
THE Google Impact Challenge is run... |
Science & technology, Product and Technology |
21/Jul/2014 |
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Humoody's way: Blinded at 2, Snohomish boy lives with no holds barred |
That's Humoody Jauda Smith using sound to see.
At 11, he's taking strides toward self-reliance with a different kind of sight. He was blinded at 2 when insurgents shot him in the face in Iraq.
His... |
General |
21/Jul/2014 |
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Family of severely disabled boy barred from taking term-time holiday |
The mother of a severely disabled teenager who has been given only a few years to live says she has been threatened with fines and prosecution if she takes him on a term-time holiday.
Curtis... |
General |
21/Jul/2014 |
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PM donates $1.52m to visually impaired cricketers |
Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller on Tuesday presented a cheque valued at $1.52 million to the Jamaica Visually Impaired Cricket Association (JVICA) at Jamaica House.
The funds will go towards... |
Achievements, General, Adventure and Sports |
21/Jul/2014 |
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Visually impaired smart glasses shortlisted in Google challenge |
A project to develop smart glasses which can help blind and partially sighted people see shapes and obstacles has been named as one of 10 finalists in this year’s Google Impact Challenge.
Created in... |
Science & technology, Product and Technology |
21/Jul/2014 |
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A journalism course for the visually-impaired students |
The Times Foundation, in collaboration with JSS Mahavidyapeetha, has introduced a mass communication and journalism course for visually-impaired students at JSS Polytechnic For The Differently Abled... |
Accessibility, General, Education and Employment |
21/Jul/2014 |
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