That's very good thing for getting exposure for the students with
disabilities.
ganesh
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Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2012 2:51 PM
Subject: [AI] Listen guys: DU announces foreign trip for students
withdisabilities
Go guys go... Exams over!
I'm thinking to shift from JNU to DU....
No way!
further all the best to all would be selected next year.
And do give your heart and soul to academics...
Now,lets see what suprimo say?
Around 100 Delhi University (DU) students with disabilities of will go
abroad next year, Vice-Chancellor Dinesh Singh said at the closing
ceremony of Badhte Kadam — a nationwide campaign to raise awareness
regarding disability — on the university campus on Tuesday.
“It is a historic decision. For the first time, a university will take
students with disabilities on such a trip,” Officer on Special Duty of
DU Equal Opportunity Cell Bipin Kumar Tiwary said.
Elaborating on the nature of the trip, he said, “It will be an
educational trip, through which students will be able to experience
the facilities available in foreign universities and make projects on
what they observe. They will return to Delhi University and see how
similar facilities can be provided here.”
Singh said: “Such a campaign will awaken the nation. I can see some
school children here. In the future, I hope they join Delhi
University. We will provide them with all facilities possible.”
In the past six months, DU has taken many steps with regard to
students with disabilities, such as exemption of tuition and hostel
fees and a reduction in mess charges.
“Apart from the 3 per cent reservation in university hostels, we have
increased the number of seats for students with disabilities. They do
not have to pay tuition fees. Despite many attempts, some colleges are
not following the rules. However, we will ensure that these rules are
strictly adhered to,” Singh said.
DU had earlier asked the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation to provide these
students free Metro cards with centralised recharging and blocking
features.
DU also plans to provide free netbooks with screen-reading software to
these students.
“The netbooks have been bought and will be given to students in a few
days,” Singh said.
DU students with disabilities had also visited the Wagah border and
stayed at Army camps as part of Gyananodyaya, an educational train
journey, in October.
A first-year Political Science (Honours) student at Gargi College,
Gunjan Agarwal, said, “The best part of the trip was the manner in
which we were welcomed everywhere. I hope I get to be a part of the
foreign trip,” she said.
The event included a silent rendering of the national anthem by school
students, a dance performance by children from NGO Muskaan, which
works for the differently abled, and a musical by DU students.
URL:
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/educational-du-announces-foreign-trip-for-students-with-disabilities/1040550/0
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Avinash Shahi
MPhil Research Scholar
Centre for the Study of Law and Governance
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi India
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