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Four blind cricketers from AP got place in Indian team for Triangular series at UAE

Tue, 02/22/2022 - 08:14 -- geeta.nair

VIJAYAWADA: The Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI)’s Indian squad for Triangular Series for the Blind 2022 has been announced. The series will be held with Indian, Bangladeshi and Pakistani teams. Four blind cricketers from AP have won places in the CABI team.
The CABI has picked a 17-member squad for the upcoming triangular T20 Series, which will be played in the UAE from March 13 to March 19. The Triangular Series will have a total of six League Matches and the Final will be played on March 19.

Punjab polls: Braille ballot papers, signange sheets for the visually-impaired

Sat, 02/19/2022 - 06:22 -- geeta.nair

THE CHANDIGARH Institute for Blind has manufactured at least 27,250 ballot papers and signage sheets in Punjabi Braille that will be pasted on hundreds of EVM machines to facilitate visually impaired voters in Punjab to cast their franchise during the February 20 polls.

Punjab gets Punjab and Haryana High Court notice for 'not implementing' scheme for disabled

Wed, 02/09/2022 - 11:42 -- geeta.nair

Tribune News Service

Karam Prakash

Patiala, February 6

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued a notice of motion to the state of Punjab on the alleged non-implementation of the Punjab Divyangjan Sashaktikaran Yojana (PDSY).

The scheme was meant to empower around 6.5 lakh differently abled people in the state.

Low Vision Impairment Awareness month celebrations at Jamia Millia Islamia

Wed, 02/09/2022 - 11:27 -- geeta.nair

Jamia Millia Islamia organised an online workshop on Low Vision Impairment Awareness in order to celebrate the month of Low Vision Impairment Awareness.

Aone-day online workshop on low vision impairment awareness was organized by the Department of Education, Training and Non-formal Education, Faculty of Education, Jamia Millia Islamia(JMI) on February 5, 2022. The program was organised to increase awareness and sensitization about the issue. The month of February is celebrated internationally as the month of low vision awareness.

 

Shimla: Split cornea transplantation at IGMC-Shimla soon

Fri, 01/28/2022 - 10:35 -- geeta.nair

Tribune News Service

 

Shimla, January 25

Split cornea transplantation is likely to start soon at the Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC) and Hospital.

The order for advanced machines worth Rs 40 lakh has been placed. “Transplantation will help us give sight to four corneal blind persons instead of two from one dead donor,” said Dr Ram Lal Sharma, professor and head, Ophthalmology Department, IGMC, during a webinar on the ‘Right to Donate Eyes’ hosted by the Umang Foundation.

DAVV to develop educational content for visually-impaired

Tue, 01/25/2022 - 10:39 -- geeta.nair

Indore: As a relief for the visually impaired college-goers as one of its first, Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya (DAVV) is now in planning to develop educational content for them. The varsity will also be arranging for additional resources in terms of books and even audio books for the students. At present, the visually impaired college goers are primarily dependent on recordings during their classes and their classmates. While there are audio notes available. However, those are mostly arranged by Non Profit Organizations (NGOs) and not by the varsity or higher educational institutions (HEIs).

Quota for disabled not practical, says schools’ forum

Mon, 01/24/2022 - 10:59 -- geeta.nair

State government had not issued any guidelines before making it mandatory.

A section of aided primary school managers have claimed that 4% reservation for people with disabilities will prove to be challenge to those running single schools.

In a recent memorandum to General Education Minister V. Sivankutty, functionaries of Kerala Aided (Primary) School Managers Association (KASMA) had pointed out that the Education department had issued an order making the quota mandatory for aided schools only in November last year.

Guidelines for PwD Candidates - JAM 2022

Wed, 01/19/2022 - 10:57 -- geeta.nair

PwD Guidelines
 

Person with Disability (PwD) Certificate: In order to avail application fee concession under the Person with Disability (PwD) category, the candidates should attach a recently obtained valid PwD certificate issued by the competent authority. The same document shall be required to be submitted to the Admitting Institute at the time of admission. The onus of verifying the PwD certificate lies with the Admitting Institute. The JAM Committee will not be responsible for any incorrect declaration of the PwD status of candidates.

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