The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notices to the Centre and others on a PIL seeking quashing of an examination notice of UPSC for the upcoming Civil Services Examination on the ground of non-compliance of 1% quota for visually impaired applicants.
The bench headed by Chief Justice G Rohini also sought responses within four weeks from the Union Public Service Commission and Department of Perso nnel and Training on the petition filed by NGO Sambhavana, which works for disabled persons.

The dream is to enter the IAS cadre and N L Beno Zephine, who is visually impaired, is holding her breath until the marks for the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exam results are released in 15 days.
 
It was a tough few years of work, but Beno, 24, enjoyed it and has secured an all-India rank of 343 in the UPSC exams. "Preparing for the civil services made it easy for me to clear other competitive exams," she said.
 

Given the stress and anxiety associated with board exams, psychologists and psychiatrists believe there should be some leniency in the way the papers of visually impaired students are corrected. Such students are at a disadvantage because they have to deal with writers who appear on their behalf. Most of the times, the writers are younger than them and in case of papers like maths, it becomes even more difficult to interact with them as it involves calculations. Therefore, there is a growing demand to grant concession to visually impaired students and allow them to take oral exams.

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.

Social and political recognition of differently-abled people is the need of the hour. If they not accepted by their parents, how can we expect the society to do so?

In the view that most of our differently-abled persons are beggars, one question arises: who is responsible for their condition?