So truly said.. There must be change over time..All the best! On 11/20/18, habeeb. c <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you for your response. > In Kerala there has not been any revision of the list of the > identified posts over the last one decade. Hence, there is scarcity of > posts for the totally visually impaired. Many of the current posts > identified are nonexistent. We have been trying through different > channels to rectify this mistake. However, there is a negative > approach from the authority's part. We propose to make judicial > intervention in this issue shortly. > There were a few effective moves like incorporating the blind in the > last grade sector and incorporating them in the vacancy of primary > school teachers as a result of our constant interventions and > ajitations. There is miles to go forward and the Federation is trying > its level best to do something in the current ambiance. > Thank you for your response. > regards > > On 11/20/18, Mujeeb Rahman <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi >> Good to see your mail on AI and I really appreciate the efforts put >> in. Further, would like to know your stand on the reservations for >> various posts. >> learned from various sources that blind is not eligible for majority >> of the posts unlike low vision. >> Had already submitted a memorandum to the KFB Youth Forum on this and >> no developments have happened so far. Hope necessary actions to >> include blind along with the low vision for the identified posts will >> be taken at the earliest. >> >> Thank you >> Mujeeb11/16/18, habeeb. c <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Agitations >>> K.F.B has been functioning as a ginger group of the blind whenever it >>> was necessary. The first agitation by K.F.B was a hunger strike before >>> the Secretariat >>> from 1st to 10th June 1969. The main demands were to reserve at least >>> 25% of vacancies of teachers in the schools for the blind for >>> qualified visually >>> impaired persons and to admit educated visually impaired persons for >>> training of teachers of the blind conducted by the State Government. >>> K.F.B was forced >>> to resort to this agitation when even post graduates among the blind >>> were denied admission to the training for which SSLC and training in >>> teaching the >>> blind was the minimum qualification. Shri. Chettur Unnikrishnanfasted >>> for 10 days. 3 others Shri. T.Ramachandran, Shri. T.P.Vasu and Shri. >>> K.Rajan also >>> paeticipated in the fasting. The hunger strike was withdrawn as the >>> State Government held discussion with K.F.B and accepted our demands. >>> >>> On the first of January 1981, on the first day of the International >>> Year of the Disabled, K.F.B led a rally to the Secretariate and held a >>> Dharna at its >>> gate, in order to get a charter of rights with 35 demands approved by >>> the Government. Shri.E.KNayanar, the Hon'ble Chief Minister met the >>> representatives >>> of K.F.B on the same day and assured favourable consideration. >>> However, even after 3 years most of the demands could not be realized. >>> Therefore, on the >>> 1st of August 1984, K.F.B led another rally of the blind to the >>> Secretariat and started a relay hunger strike by the leaders of the >>> Federation. On the >>> 14th of August Shri. K.Karunakaran, the Hon'ble Chief Minister held a >>> discussion with the representative of K.F.B and assured the redressal >>> of our grievances >>> as early as possible. >>> >>> Again some of our major demands such as reservation of jobs for the >>> blind, enhancement of disability pension etc. remained to be solved. >>> Therefore, on the >>> 20th of January 1987 K.F.B organized a token fasting dharna before the >>> Secretariat. It was followed by 24 hours relay fasting sathyagraha by >>> the leaders >>> of the Federation. On the 25th of January, Shri.G.Vijayan, one of the >>> secretaries of K.F.B started indefinite fasting. When he was taken to >>> the hospital >>> on 4th February, Shri. P.Ramakrishnan, one of the Vice Presidents >>> began fasting. After him Shri. C.K.Aboobacker, State Executive >>> Committee Memberfasted >>> from 9th to 12th and Shri. R.Rajan, President, K.F.B K.F.B Students >>> Forum from 12th to 15th February. District level picketing >>> beforeCollectorates by the >>> Disrtict Units were also organized. As directed by Shri.K.Karunakaran, >>> the Hon'ble Chief Minister, Shri. V.Ramachandran I.A.S, Chief >>> Secretary to Government >>> held discussions on 11th February with K.F.B representatives and >>> assured the implementation of demands that do not require financial >>> commitment. Since >>> the Government changed after the general election in March 1987 we met >>> the new Chief Minister Shri. E.K.Nayanar on the 31st of March 1987 and >>> submitted >>> our various demands. >>> >>> As there was no response from the Government for 2 years K.F.B >>> organized a march to Legislative Assembly and held a dharna before the >>> Secretariat on 27th >>> March 1989. Shri. Varkala Radhakrishnan, the Hon'ble Speaker received >>> the representatives of K.F.B and accepted our memorandum. The >>> agitation was called >>> off on the written assurance that the Chief Minister would held a >>> discussion with the Federation at an early date. Accordingly, on the >>> 8th May 1989, Shri. >>> E.K Nayanar, the Hon'ble Chief Minister, held a discussion with the >>> representatives of K.F.B in the presence of Shri. K.Chandrasekharan, >>> the Hon'ble Minister >>> for Education, and Shri. Lonappan Nambadan, the Hon'ble Minister for >>> Housing. Many of our demands were agreed upon. Besides K.F.B had >>> several discussions >>> with Hon'ble Ministers, Government Secretaries and Heads of >>> Departments and other officials on various issues. Nevertheless the >>> Government was too slow >>> to implement the decisions. Therefore on the 25th of February 1991 >>> K.F.B organized a picketing before the, Secretariat and 400 members >>> got arrested. From >>> 26th February to 15th March relay fasting by K.F.B Office bearers and >>> others workers was held. In response, the Hon'ble Chief Minister >>> Shri.E.K.Nayanar >>> again held a discussion with our representatives on the 14th of March >>> 1991 in the presence of Smt. K.R.Gouri Amma, Hon'ble Minister for >>> Industries and >>> Social Welfare, Sri.KChandrasekharan, Hon'ble Minister for Education >>> and Shri. Lonappan Nambadan, Hon'ble Minister for Housing. Several >>> decisions in our >>> favour were taken. The agitation was called off on the 15th of March >>> as enhancement of disability pension from Rs.75 to Rs. 85 per month >>> was included in >>> the budget for the year 1991 – 92. >>> >>> K.F.B has also involved itself in agitations based on local issues >>> mostly in the Government Schools for the Blind. K.F.B has been playing >>> a significant >>> role in settling many a problems faced by the pupils of these schools. >>> The Federation also actively participated in the agitation by the >>> staff and students >>> of School for the Blind, Aluva in protest to the police action in that >>> school on 9th November 1986 and tried its best to bring about a >>> reasonable and peaceful >>> settlement. The another encounter has had with the State Government >>> has been due to the decision of the Hon'ble Minister for Transport and >>> of the Kerala >>> State Road Transport Corporation restricting the free travel facility >>> in K.S.R.T.C, buses. From 18th to 29th June 1992, K.F.B organized >>> rally, dharna and >>> picketing in different places in the State. The dharna organized in >>> front of M.L.A quarters on the 29th of June after picketing, and >>> arrest by police at >>> the Secretariat gate has been a critical one. Other organizations of >>> the disabled also joined the Federation in this decisive struggle. >>> Shri. Oommen Chandy, >>> Hon'ble Minister for Finance accompanied by a few >>> M.L.As >>> came came to the place and met the disabled brethren. His honour >>> arranged a discussion with the Hon'ble Minister for Transport Shri. >>> R.Balakrishna Pillai >>> at his residence on the very night in which favourable decisions were >>> taken. A further discussion was held on the 8th of July 1992 by the >>> Minister for >>> Transport in the presence of Hon'ble Minister for Finance and Hon'ble >>> Minister for Industries and Social Welfare. In the discussion Shri. >>> R.Balakrishna >>> Pillai, the Hon'ble Minister for Transport assured that the >>> concessions to the blind will continue as before without any change. >>> It is to be regretted >>> that the Hon'ble Minister did not keep his word while implementing the >>> decision. Therefore at present we are trying our best to settle the >>> issue through >>> discussions and persuasion. If our efforts fail we may be forced to >>> plunge into agitation again as a last resort to get our genuine demand >>> accepted and >>> long enjoyed right protected. >>> Strike Against Unemployment >>> Under the leadership of K.F.B, continuous fasting strike was conducted >>> from 19th July 2010 at Secretariat gate, and on 21st & 26th July, >>> March & Picketing >>> at the Legislative Assembly gate, and on 26th July evening dharna at >>> the entrance of MLA Hostel. The capital city of Thiruvananthapuram has >>> witnessed this >>> strong agitation programmes in which hundreds of visually impaired >>> persons from different districts of the State participated. Effective >>> implementation >>> of 3% job reservation for visually impaired and other disabled persons >>> and the backlog appointment of visually impaired persons for the >>> period from 1st >>> January 2004 to 31st December 2007 through special recruitment were >>> the important demands of the strike. As a result of the strike, KFB >>> succeeded in bringing >>> the reasonable and genuine demands of visually impaired persons to the >>> notice of the Government and the public, in raising relevant questions >>> by MLA's >>> before Legislative Assembly, and to hold discussions with Hon'ble >>> Minister for Health and Social Welfare. Though, the first two >>> discussions were incomplete, >>> agitation continued and finally reached at an agreement in a >>> discussion held on 19-08-2010 between the, concerned Minister and KFB >>> representatives. The >>> Federation extends its gratitude to each and every member who involved >>> for the success of the strike, to those who involved in the said >>> fasting strike >>> and those who became the victims of police torture., Edit, box >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Dr. Habeeb C. >>> Vice President Kerala Federation of the Blind. >>> >>> Assistant Professor of English >>> Centre for advanced studies and research in English Language and >>> Literature >>> Farook College. >>> Calicut. >>> Member Board of Studies U.G. English Language and Literature, >>> University of Calicut. >>> Phone. 09946265483. >>> Email. 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