Good news if duly implemented and if proper justice is made with persons
with visual challenge.
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From: "avinash shahi via Ai" <ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in>
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Cc: "avinash shahi" <shahi88avin...@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2017 12:19 PM
Subject: [Ai] Odisha: Anwesha Ambaly reports: "State govt to employ more
disabled people"
Bhubaneswar, Aug. 3: The state government is taking steps to increase
representations of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) in government
organisations.
https://www.telegraphindia.com/1170804/jsp/odisha/story_165428.jsp
Last year, 16 PwDs had qualified in the Odisha Civil Services examination.
Free pre-recruitment training will be provided to the
differently-abled people for various posts in government sectors,
including banks, railway, insurance and competitive examinations for
other posts.
Secretary of the social security and empowerment of Persons with
Disabilities department Nitin Chandra said: "The PwDs, who are
graduate but unemployed, must apply on the department website to avail
themselves of the three-month free coaching for recruitment
examinations."
Also, a modern career library with grant of Rs 50 lakh will be set up
on the National Career Service Centre for Differently-abled's premises
at Gandamunda. "Both the coaching centre and the library will start
functioning next month," said Chandra.
State commissioner for the PwDs Minati Behera said: "The Rights of PwD
Act, 2016, stipulates at least 4 per cent reservation in government
jobs, 5 per cent in higher education and inclusion of the PwDs in
mainstream through skill development and vocational training
programmes."
She also said the act had severe penal provisions for non-compliance
of the same and commission would keep a close watch on its
implementation. However, activists feel that the number of students
from Odisha qualifying national-level recruitment exams is less
compared to other states. "The representation is quite higher in other
parts of the country, but here it is very low. We have to provide them
with better training opportunities to make sure that they at least get
a chance to perform," said social activist Asit Kumar Behera.
Besides, the state government has directed for the reservation of 5
per cent seats of the PwDs in all the Plus Two and Plus Three colleges
in Odisha to ensure that they had easy access to higher education.
"The directive has been issued to the necessary authorities, and they
have been asked to follow the system strictly," said a higher
education department official.
--
Avinash Shahi
Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU
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