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Visually impaired students bag first three ranks of BSW

Fri, 02/28/2020 - 11:04 -- geeta.nair

In a rare feat, three visually impaired Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) students of Alva’s College, Moodbidri, who passed out during 2018-19, have bagged the first three ranks in the final examination conducted by Mangalore University during April-May, 2019.

Of them, first rank holder, Nithyananda from Attur in Karkala, was the cynosure of all eyes when he received the degree certificate from Vice-Chancellor P.S. Yadapadithya at the 38th convocation of the university here on Thursday.

The audience applauded his achievement with a big thumbs-up.
 

What’s with the shallow news coverage on disability?

Thu, 02/27/2020 - 14:20 -- geeta.nair

Last week, two headlines on the digital platforms of leading dailies caught my attention. One read, “Two blind HSC students find writers at the 11th hour”. And the second stated, “HSC exams: Finding writers a real test for some”.

 

Both these news stories highlight one of the most commonly faced problems by any blind student in India. Given their vision impairment, these students are dependent on ‘scribes’ to write their exams.

 

Assistive technology experience & resource centre for visually impaired people opens in Delhi

Thu, 02/27/2020 - 11:05 -- geeta.nair

The National Association for the Blind in New Delhi is opening Beyond Eyes, a first of its kind
assistive technology experience and resource centre for visually impaired people. The centre aims to enable the community to experience the empowering effect of assistive technologies.

Row over new norms on exam writers for visually impaired

Wed, 02/26/2020 - 10:55 -- geeta.nair

Tribune News Service

Shimla, February 21

Visually impaired students of the HPU are in fix as the institute is flouting the Centre’s guideline regarding writers for such students during examinations.

There is no condition regarding the academic qualification of writers in the guidelines issued by the Centre on February 23, 2013, but the new guidelines issued on August 29, 2018, put a rider that the qualification of the writers should be one standard below that of these students.

students approach HPU VC

Mon, 02/24/2020 - 11:33 -- geeta.nair

The Disabled Students and Youth Association (DSYA) has urged the Vice Chancellor of the Himachal Pradesh University (HPU) to immediately withdraw “wrong and misleading” guidelines for conducting examination of visually impaired and other differently abled students who cannot write, posted on the university portal. In a letter to Prof Sikander Kumar, Mukesh Kumar and Saveena Jahan, convener and co-convener of the DSYA, said the university had violated the directions of the UGC and the Delhi High Court by implementing old guidelines without applying mind.

Australia supports Karnataka Women’s Blind Cricket Team

Mon, 02/24/2020 - 10:53 -- geeta.nair

BENGALURU:  The Australian Consulate-General, Chennai, announced a partnership with Samarthanam Trust For The Disabled in Bengaluru on Friday, supporting the Karnataka Women’s Blind Cricket Team.
Andrew Collister, Vice Consul, said, “We are delighted to announce this partnership on the same day as Australia plays India in the opening game of the Women’s T20 World Cup in Sydney, Australia. Australia is proud to support women’s cricket from grassroots to the elite.”

Making mainstream literature accessible for all

Mon, 02/24/2020 - 10:40 -- geeta.nair

NEW DELHI:  Recently, the JCB Literature Foundation at ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival announced an initiative to make the shortlisted entries for the JCB Prize for Literature more accessible to the visually impaired. This particular announcement was made by Mita Kapur, writer and Literary Director of the JCB Prize for Literature, during a special session, titled Literature for All: The JCB Prize Shortlist in Braille.

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