The decentralizing of admissions for SC/ST and persons with disability (PWD) categories essentially a move towards greater inclusion of these groups hasn't worked quite as well as the university administration had hoped, especially for the second group.
Living in a city far from home was the least of the problems Shravali Bhagwat Kalyankar, Suchitha Shirode and Varsha Veer had to face. And for Usha Garware, taking care of household chores as her parents went to work in their farm was not the only thing she had to manage.
Blind students under the Economically Weaker Section category made a mark for themselves despite their limitations. The average score of a group of 20 such students is 7 CGPA in the class 10 board exams.
They are put up at the National Association for the Blind. “The National Association for the Blind prepares them for their integration into mainstream schools,” said principal Shantha Rangarajan. The students go to different schools.
Reshma Dileep, an academically bright 15-year-old blind student is fighting the system to enroll into a science course at Government Fisheries Higher Secondary School, Nattika, Thrissur. Reshma secured nine A+ and an A grade in Humanities in the SSLC but was denied admission to science groups stating that she won't be able to perform practical experiments which is a course requirement.
Although the Class 10 result of the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) was not according to the expectations, but the students of Institute for Blind, Sector 26 has given a surprising result.
The result was declared on Tuesday and the visually impaired students have outshined the
Laying emphasis on importance of education for visually-impaired students, the Supreme Court has asked the Delhi University's Empowered Committee to consider and redress within a week grievances raised by them against the curriculum for the four-year undergraduate programme (FYUP) being introduced from this academic session.
How blind is India's education system? While some top officials at CBSE and IIT JEE committee mull over this question, a brilliant, hard working and smart student has decided that it's better to take his talents abroad where they will be fully appreciated rather than waste his energy trying to fight the system in India. And oh, did we forget to mention. The student in question happens to be visually impaired.
New Delhi student Kartik Sawhney, 18, is visually impaired. India's Central Board of Secondary Education failed to cater to his condition, exempting him from math and science course because of their visual aspects.
This didn't stop the science-loving teen from fighting for his right to an education. With the help of his school and an NGO campaign, Kartik was able to negotiate his way into science classes.
This Monday, he received a final mark of 95 per cent in his science class.
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.
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