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Follow below the Daily Eyeway Alerts: 1. News- The Bombay High Court Wednesday directed an expert committee set up by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment to look into the issue of quantification of learning disability (LD) in terms of percentage. The committee has been set up to look into the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2014. The Bill will replace the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995. “The expert committee set up by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment should consider the issue of the percentage of learning disability,” said Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice A K Menon. The HC said that the committee should consider this issue even if it did not come under its existing guidelines. The HC was hearing a suo motu public interest litigation by two psychiatrists. The PIL stated that on March 25, parents of children with LD had received a letter from the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), saying students would not be granted a writer, but would be granted extra time. The definition of a person with disability is that he or she should be suffering from 40 per cent disability. The state government had said that it could not give a certificate to say whether persons with LD had less or more than 40 per cent disability. More http://www.eyeway.org/?q=quantify-learning-disability-hc 2. Jobs- There are ten posts for Persons with Disabilities as Senior Assistant in Container Corporation of India, Delhi. Low Vision can apply. Age limit: 28 years. Selected candidates are liable to be posted anywhere in the Region/India. Qualification: Graduate with minimum 50% marks. Candidate should be conversant with working in a computerized enviornment. Apply Online through CONCOR’s website: www.concorindia.co.in . More at http://www.eyeway.org/?q=jobs <http://www.eye%20way.org/?q=jobs> or employment news of 18th July page no.26 Required Lower Division Clerk in Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaebotany, Lucknow. Visually Impaired can apply. Qualification: 12th class or equivalent qualification from a recognized Board or University and a typing speed of 35 wpm in English and or 30 wpm in Hindi on computer (35 wpm and 30wpm correspond to 10500 KDPH/9000 KDPH on an average of 5 key depressions for each word). Age Limit: 18-25 years. Apply online on website www.concorindia.co.in. Last date 14th August. More at http://www.eyeway.org/?q=jobs <http://www.eye%20way.org/?q=jobs> or employment news of 18th July page no.33 -- ** Best,Binni Kumari|Programme Manager Helpdesk! Score Foundation 17/107, Basement, Vikram Vihar, Lajpatnagar 4, New Delhi 110024, INDIA. Helpdesk:+91 - 11 - 460 70 380 (Monday to Friday 10am to 5pm) Office Phone: +91 - 11 - 26472582/81 Email:[email protected] Websites: scorefoundation.org.in <http://www.scorefoundation.org.in/> www.eyeway.org ****** <http://www.youtube.com/user/eyewayindia><https://twitter.com/friendsofeyeway> <https://www.facebook.com/projecteyeway> 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..
