Education and Employment

Disability order on DU course reform

The Supreme Court today directed Delhi University to file an affidavit explaining the measures being undertaken to safeguard the interests of persons with disabilities in the proposed four-year bachelor’s degree course.

“You put it an affidavit, the various measures being undertaken by you and their (petitioner’s) grievances and what steps you are taking to address it,” the apex court told the university’s counsel while posting the matter for further hearing on Wednesday.

He never lost sight of his goal

D Akshay Kumar started losing his eyesight at the age of 7 and by the time he was in class 6, he lost it completely. It has been an uphill task since, and on Monday, the student of DAV Senior Secondary School, Mogappair, was a proud lad when he scored 92% in commerce of the class 12 CBSE exam.

Visually impaired, NET, JRF qualified candidates neglected

Contrary to the tall claims made by the government that everything is being done to ensure specially abled community exercise its rights without any hurdles, the highly qualified but visually-impaired people are being discriminated against and are told, directly or obliquely, that they are useless for the society.

Visually impaired girl tops MP board exams

Beating all odds, a visually impaired girl, Shrishti Tiwari, from Damoh town has topped the Madhya Pradesh Higher Secondary examination in Arts stream.

The results were declared two days back by the Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education. For Shrishti, a student of JBP Government Higher Secondary School in Damoh, the achievement is special not only academically but also because of the fact that she is visually impaired since birth. She scored 481 out of 500 marks to emerge as the topper in Arts stream.

Visually-impaired Indian student joins Stanford

A visually challenged student, who was nearly deprived of the chance to pursue his passion for science in India, is now set to go to the University of Stanford for undergraduate studies in computers.

Consider disabled students' grievances, HC tells DU

New Delhi, May 15 Delhi High Court Wednesday directed the Empowered Committee of Delhi University (DU) to take into consideration the grievances of disabled students before implementing the four-year undergraduate programme with multiple degrees.

Delhi University colleges to have help desks for disabled students

NEW DELHI: With admissions under PWD (Persons with Disability) category being decentralized, DU's Equal Opportunity Cell — which facilitated admissions into this category till last year — is working on a system that will make the process easier for applicants. A soon-to-be-constituted central enabling committee will serve as a monitoring body and also issue a special set of guidelines for colleges.

DU agrees to turn disabled-friendly

NEW DELHI: A day before DU had to submit its response to a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by disability rights NGO Sambhavana in the Delhi high court, the DU authorities issued a statement saying the academic council has decided in favour of making "suitable modifications" and has also constituted a committee.

Teaching the blind since 1898

There is light at the end of the tunnel, and St Michael's School in Bahu Bazaar pursued it, the result of which was freedom for many who were trapped in the darkness. The school for visually-challenged children
has been working tirelessly since its foundation in 1898 for the welfare of the visually-challenged children.

Disabled teachers, students move HC against 4-year degree

NEW DELHI: An organization of disabled teachers and students moved Delhi high court challenging Delhi University's decision to go ahead with its controversial four-year undergraduate programme (FYUP).

The organization, Sambhavana, has filed a PIL in HC seeking a stay on the implementation of the four-year degree programme. The PIL argues that the present design of FYUP is discriminatory as it fails to take into consideration the aspirations and specific needs of students with blindness and other "print-disabilities".