resources do matter. but there is lack of vision in our universitys. even in regarded universitys, the quota for the disabled is not filled. this happens even when there are qualified candidates. there is lack of awareness regarding disability in india. most of india's disabled are in the rural belt of the country. the reach of the disability rights movement is by and large limited to city centers. universitys are the places of recognition. so for a better understanding of disability there should be sensitised universitys. regards.
On 9/26/06, Taraprakash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > it is the matter of resources too. > Differently abled do have more facilities abroad but so is the case with > the > sighted persons too. > Every research scholar no matter blind or sighted is provided with a PC in > the univs in the US, not at JNU. > In India situation is changing. and hopefully like JNU, regional univs too > will have special provisions for the disabled. > As far as employment and self dependence is concerned , India is still > doing > better. No doubt a differently abled might feel more dignified abroad, but > I > don't agree with Vijeta's suggestion , that India has less respect for us. > Regards > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mahesh Panicker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 11:52 PM > Subject: Re: [AI] Disabled students turn to foreign universities > > > > here, in our country most of the universitys do not even have basic > > computer > > fecilities. it was JNU that started a computer unit for the visually > > chalenged students. but in the universitys in most of the states, there > > are > > no such facilities. > > they don't even have the vision for that. some years back, there was an > > offer for MG university in kerala to set up a jnu like computer unit for > > the > > blind. but they did not take the offer on the ground that there were not > > many such students in the campus. so long as the situation remains like > > this, disabled students will have to depend on foreign scholarships and > > universitys. > > regards. > > > > > > On 9/25/06, Geetha Shamanna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> While it cannot be denied that foreign universities offer better > >> facilities > >> for the disabled, in terms of openness about employing blind people, > >> India > >> is far ahead of several western countries. 80% of blind people are > >> unemployed in America, and the figures are not too encouraging in > Europe, > >> either. > >> So those of us who choose to remain in India despite all the hardships > >> need > >> not despair. > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Viraj Kafle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 8:13 PM > >> Subject: [AI] Disabled students turn to foreign universities > >> > >> > >> > Disabled students turn to foreign universities > >> > > >> > Swastika Mehta > >> > > >> > Saturday, September 23, 2006 (New Delhi): > >> > > >> > The lack of infrastructure on campus for students who are visually > >> > impaired or hearing impaired has now forced several of them to look > at > >> > foreign universities. > >> > Smriti, 22, is an M Phil student at Jawaharlal Nehru University and > >> among > >> > the 1 per cent visually impaired students in the country to reach > this > >> > educational > >> > level. But her journey so far has been a difficult one. > >> > "There are no facilities in India. I have to do everything on my own. > I > >> > have to go to libraries, scan all my books. It's a struggle, visually > >> > challenged > >> > people work more than sighted people," she says. > >> > Smriti wants to make a crossover in every sense of the word. After > >> > completing her M Phil in Mythology, she plans to go to Chicago > >> University > >> > for a doctorate > >> > in Disability Studies. > >> > "Here we don't even have books and computers. Some people are from > such > >> > poor families that they don't even have a tape recorder to study > from," > >> > she adds. > >> > Better infrastructure > >> > For disabled students, the West promises full fledged universities > like > >> > the Gallaudet University in Washington DC for the hearing impaired > and > >> > better physical > >> > infrastructure on campuses. > >> > What's more, it opens up a whole new world of job opportunities. > >> > For instance Jagdish, who is hearing impaired and a class X pass out, > >> has > >> > with grave difficulty managed to get a job as a teacher at the School > >> for > >> > Deaf. > >> > He earns a meagre amount of Rs 6,000 every month and has been limited > >> > by > >> > the fact that signing is not recognised as a language, like it is in > >> > the > >> > West. > >> > He was unable to study courses like Engineering and Medical Science. > >> > "Abroad, there are deaf and dumb pilots," says Jagdish. > >> > "There are only few of us who have family support and can thus afford > >> > to > >> > go abroad," adds Smriti. > >> > Looking West > >> > Twenty five-year-old Shobhan, a PhD student at JNU, took his GREs > last > >> > year. He is waiting to arrange a scholarship to go to the US. > >> > Though the Centre provides scholarships to Dalit, tribal and Muslim > >> > students who want to pursue higher education abroad, there is no > >> > government scholarship > >> > for students with disabilities. > >> > "If I put it simply, we can't even walk freely here. We don't have > >> > accessibility like we have in the US," complains Shobhan. > >> > For students like Smriti and Shobhan, it's a mixture of both ambition > >> and > >> > disillusionment that pushes them to apply to universities in the > West. > >> > Ambition to find a place under the sun and disillusionment as there > is > >> > lack of infrastructure in India. > >> > > >> > > >> > http://www.ndtv.com/template/template.asp?category=National&template=Education&slug=Disabled+students+rue+lack+of+facilities&id=93668&callid=1 > >> > To unsubscribe send a message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > with the subject unsubscribe. > >> > > >> > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > >> > please visit the list home page at > >> > > >> > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > >> > > >> > >> > >> To unsubscribe send a message to > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] the subject unsubscribe. > >> > >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > >> please visit the list home page at > >> > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Mahesh S. 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