Education and Employment

Quashing of job advertisement; HC asks Centre, Delhi government to reply

The Delhi High Court today asked the Centre and the city government to respond to a PIL seeking quashing of an advertisement for jobs on the ground that seats have not been reserved for persons with disabilities including visually-impaired ones.

"We would expect that by the next date of hearing, the respondents would submit their views with regard to issues raised in the petition," a bench of justices Pradeep Nandrajog and Jayant Nath said.

Visually-impaired students at UoH get pocket readers

The device can be used to record lectures, listen to scanned documents and web downloads

Improve job prospects in disability sector

Stating that there was a shortage of over 1.5 lakh trained professionals in the disability sector in 2012, a parliamentary panel has asked the government to create better prospects for those looking to work in the area. In a report tabled in Parliament, the Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment cited the government's own data to state that there was a shortfall of 1,58,598 professionals in the disability sector in 2012.

In the equation: how to improve access for blind science students

Studying science can be difficult at the best of times, but if you're blind, it can be even harder. Software to magnify text helps. But a German university has a better solution.

Magnifying text in a university lecture hall for students who are visually impaired or blind is one thing. There's software and hardware for that. But the software often struggles with some of the things that scientists need: equations and graphs.

RTE has failed to enable the disabled: Study

The 2012-13 study on children with disabilities had revealed that while 99 per cent of these children liked attending regular schools but 57 per cent of teachers were not trained to understand their special needs.

Education can equip persons with disabilities to face world

The Indian Constitution stipulates the State to ensure equality, freedom, justice and dignity of all individuals which implies an inclusive society for all, including persons with disabilities, said President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday.

Braille facility inaugurated In The Parliament Museum

On the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar inaugurated a Braille facility in the Parliament Museum here.

Visionary school lets kids with visual impairment catch up fast

Ebenezer School offers tailored therapy sessions and academic classes for children who are visually impaired

Many young students at schools for the visually impaired suffer delays in their development because, unlike other children, they cannot learn by imitating others.

Training the muscles and senses of these children is especially important as they will need to learn braille and keyboard skills, said Fu Ching-wah, a social worker with the Ebenezer School and Home for the Visually Impaired.

Visually impaired rural students go through counselling ahead of board exams

Board exams are undoubtedly the most stressful period for every school child. It could only be more agonizing for visually impaired students, who have to depend on readers,Braille books and scribes to give their best.

To allay their fears and to help them meticulously prepare, lawyers and academics who are visually impaired themselves, offered career and employment guidance to more than 250 children studying in Class 10 and Class 2, who gathered in the city from the districts.

UPSC flouts govt’s job criteria for disabled

NEW DELHI: A medical board's disability certificate is not enough to prove one's disability before Union Public Service Commission.