yes avinash you are right but i discussed with many of our friends what demands we should put forward before Ms. smriti irani they advised us to put the demand of female's hostel but next time we will keep in mind as well.
On 6/20/15, Avichal Bhatnagar <[email protected]> wrote: > The agenda is very good, but a main issue is that not only females, > blind males also have to suffer a lot due to lack of hostels in DU. > Sometimes, a blind person is denied a hostel seat even though he is in > merit just on the ground that he belongs to ncr. > the paying guests near by university mostly refuse to accommodate > visually impaired people. > > On 6/19/15, Radio Udaan <[email protected]> wrote: >> Radio Udaan’s Meeting with Smriti Irani and Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore. >> >> >> As part of Radio Udaan’s process of expansion, Team Radio Udaan >> has decided to send General Secretary Mr. Danish Mahajan and the >> Programme Manager Ms. Jyoti Malik to meet some leaders including >> honourable union minister of Human Resource Development Smriti Irani. >> >> Summery >> >> First leg of such meetings was with the Chair Person of Social >> Welfare Board, Government of Punjab, Virender Kaur Thandi. The second >> leg was with the honourable union minister of HRD Ms. Smriti Irani. >> Via the HRD minister, we have been made to have a meeting with the >> honourable minister of states for information and broadcasting >> Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore. >> >> AGENDA DETAILS >> >> Since the inception of radio udaan, we have been keen in >> propagating equal and qualitative education to the Visually impaired >> at par with that of the sighted. To proliferate that, we have been >> campaigning for making Mathematics and Science subjects to be >> mandatory in all Visually Impaired/Blind Schools till Class 10th. >> Apart from that, we have placed the following demands in front of the >> union minister of HRD Smriti Irani. >> >> To >> Ms Smriti Irani , >> Union Education Minister >> Government of India . >> Date: 15 June 2015 >> >> Dear Madam , >> This is to request you that since you are the Education Minister we >> would like to point out some points which we want you to please look >> in to . >> The points for concern according to us are: >> 1. In all the blind schools there are many students who want to learn >> science and maths but fail to learn it as there is a choice of music . >> Those students who want to learn music have a field day but for those >> who do not want to learn music they have no choice as music is >> compulsory . States like Tamil Nadu , Haryana and Odisha have made >> science compulsory for blind students till class 10th . The students >> there are doing very well and we think that other states can also >> follow this system and make the students learn these two subjects. >> 2. We would like to make compulsory Science and Maths for the blind >> community till class 10th. This will help the students crack the >> competition exams in the future . >> 3. It is sadden to bring this point under your notice that, quality of >> education in special schools is very poor. It is a big hurdle in the >> development of Community. >> 4. Also would like to make compulsory the use of technology in the >> education system . This is the age of technology and everywhere it is >> used to the fullest . So it would be good for the blind students to >> learn this system . There are many screen reading softwares in the >> market which easily helps the blind person to work on the computers . >> Screen reading softwares like NVDA are free of cost and are easy to >> work on . We would like to make computer science as a compulsory >> subject from class 1st so that the blind student can work on the >> computers independently and make full use of the latest technology . >> 5. Further in the education system of the country there should be >> disability discourse so that everyone is aware of the blind community >> and its wants . >> 6. Under the Right to Education Act , there is guideline that >> education will be provided to all but still there is discrimination in >> some of the private institutes regarding the admission to the visually >> challenged students . There is not much awareness among the general >> masses regarding this . Guidelines must be issued to all so that there >> is no problem during admission time . Since we are working on the >> radio we have reported many instances regarding problem during >> admission . >> 7. India is lacking of such hostels which accommodates Visually >> impaired Females. Even city like Delhi which is considered well >> awared, does possess no hostel facility. We request you to open such >> hostels for visually impaired college going females. >> We hope that these points will be looked in to and something good >> will come out in the future for the blind community . >> Thanking you, >> Danish Mahajan >> General Secretary , >> Radio Udaan >> Mobile: 9463668196 >> >> After looking into our demands, the HRD minister assured that she >> will look into this issue and will do her best and also accepted our >> proposal to be interviewed on Radio Udaan. >> >> With the assistance of HRD minister we’ve got the opportunity to >> meet the minister of states information and Broadcasting, Rajyavardhan >> Singh Rathore. The meeting has whent on productively where we’ve >> explained the purpose and the service which Radio Udaan does foe. The >> minister of states assured all the possible assistance from his side >> for the betterment of this platform. >> >> Both the ministers have expressed their happiness with regard to >> the pursuit that the visually impaired is on. They felt glad to know >> the achievements of the visually challenged individuals and the >> collective metamorphosis of our community through mailing lists, civil >> society representation and so forth. >> >> >> >> Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of >> mobile phones / Tabs on: >> http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in >> >> >> Search for old postings at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> 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 >> >> >> Disclaimer: >> 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of >> the >> person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; >> >> 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails >> sent through this mailing list.. >> > > > -- > Avichal bhatnagar > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > 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 > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > -- we want peace not pieces. regards, Danish Mahajan Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ 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 Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
