Dear Mr. Sudhir, You can contact to (.) for more and detailed information in regard.
Dr. K.M Ramananandan, State Projrct Director, SSA, SSA Bhawan, Nandavanam, Thiruvananthapuram-695033 Phone-0471 2334290(Direct) 0471-2320826/2320352/2334250 Resident- 0471 2353711 Mobile- 09447738890 Email- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hope you will get support, as you desire Thanks and regards Devnandan Kumar Lucknow On 9/13/07, Pamnani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sudhir, > Rajesh is right on the issue of aided schools. > Apart from the issue of reservation and the applicability of the Ac there > is > a practical problem where the family and NGOs have to step in. > The school normally does not have the facility of a teacher of braille nor > do they have special aids and appliances. > There are many in the accessindia family who went to general schools but > were helped by their parents who either went with them to school and > copied > from the blackboard for them or arranged for special teachers to assist > the > childen. > There is a lot of effort that the family has to put in. Others in the > group > can share their experience. > The parents also have to keep in touch with the NGOs to know about the > aids > and appliances available and about special teachers for braille, mobility > etc. > NAB Delhi runs such a facility. > In Kerala maybe the child will have to go to different places to get the > extra help. > The Rehabilitation Council of India has some role. > Sarva Shiksha Abhyan contemplates such a situation. > I know it is the State's responsibility but it is the family's primary > responsibility and they cannot shirk it by putting the responsibility on > the > State completely. > it is really what the parents can afford and how much time they want to > spend on their child. > If the family is ready to put in the effort then there is no reason why > the > child should be refused. > Integration and inclusion are the main reasons and goals still to be > achieved completely. > > Kanchan Pamnani > Advocate & Solicitor > 9, Suleman Chambers, > Battery Street, Colaba, > Mumbai - 400 039. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sudhir R (NeSTIT)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 9:27 AM > Subject: [AI] School admissions for the visually challenged. > > > > Good morning, folks ! > > > > Our lil' state of Kerala which boasts of 100% literacy seems to be > > throwing up the maximum number of stumble-blocks when it comes to > > delivering the most elementary of rehab inputs to visually challenged > > youngsters, education. > > > > We have a sad case on our hands where a smart, 4 year old girl suffering > > from low vision has been refused admission to the LKG class by most of > the > > good schools at Kochi. The only course open to her now seems to be > > getting admitted to one of the schools for the blind where the teaching > > standards are not so good. > > > > In this context, I would like to know how the situation is in other > states > > of India, especially in the metros. Do elite schools run by private > > managements open their doors to our brethren ? Or, do we have recourse > > only to Government-run schools or schools for the blind ? > > > > I would also like to know the applicability of the reservation benefit > > under the PWD Act to private educational institutions that are run with > > government aid. In Kerala, we have lots of these so-called aided > schools > > that survive on tax payers' money and hence can't theoretically refuse > > admission to the physically challenged. Pl comment. > > > > Thanks and rgds > > > > RS > > M: 098 472 76 126 > > 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 > -- Devnandan Kumar Executive Officer Rehabilitation Society of the Visually Impaired, C-223, Nirala Nagar, Lucknow-20, India 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
