Kartik Sawhney, a visually-impaired teen from New Delhi, is changing the way Indian educators look at disabled students. Sawhney, 18, pulled through challenging science courses in the country's central board exams with flying colors and is now set to attend Stanford University this fall.

Because of the heavily visual aspects of high school math and science courses (graphs and diagrams, for example), India's Central Board of Secondary Education opposed Sawhney's desires to study those subjects, according to the Times of India.

Delhi University's Academic Council, which met on Monday, cleared the recommendations of the empowered committee constituted to examine the foundation courses to ensure all parts are accessible to students with disabilities, especially the visually impaired. In addition to making suggestions, the committee has also sought Rs.1.8 crore as funds for "providing support to students with disabilities during Four-Year Undergraduate Programme". There were five dissents recorded.

Toppers of 12th and 10th board examinations have one more reason to smile. Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chauhan has announced reward money of Rs 2 lakh each to Shristi Tiwari and Poonam Ghore.
 
Visually impaired Shristi Tiwari scored 481 out of 500 to emerge as the topper in Arts stream of Madhya Pradesh 12the board examination.Shristi lives with her grand-parents in Damoh.
 

The Heikapokpi Mission Blind School has been functioning without any assistance from the State government, stated Head Master K Pareng Kom during an inspection visit made by All Tribal Disabled Union Manipur (ATDUM) today. The Head Master further said that the school has a total strength of 116 students from classes Nursery to Class VIII with nine teachers and three non-teaching staffs.

Himachal Pradesh has notified four senior secondary schools in the state as inclusive institutions where the physically challenged will be provided education, Shimla-based public welfare trust Umang Foundation said Tuesday.

"The government has notified four senior secondary schools as inclusive where disabled students will study along with other children. Eight more schools are to be made inclusive schools soon," foundation chairman Ajai Srivastava said in a statement.

Srivastava said the four schools notified are in Shimla, Nagrota Bagwan, Nahan and Jogindernagar towns.

The Supreme Court on Monday ruled out any interference in Delhi University’s four-year undergraduate programme.

A vacation bench of Justice BS Chauhan and Justice Dipak Misra, however, said it would pass a direction to ensure all facilities are provided to visually challenged students.“These are policy matters and the court should not interfere in it,” the court said, asking the university to file an affidavit giving details of the facilities it intends to provide to blind students.