Dear Dhananjay Yes, students with disabilities are not beggars and a lot needs to be done for creating accessible environment. But do not belittle the fee waiver. It also goes a long way in making available the opportunities.
If something is not yet done, we cannot and should not berate what is done सादर / With thanks & Regards राजेश आसुदानी Rajesh Asudani सहायक महाप्रबन्धक AGM बाजार आसूचना ईकाई MIU भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक Reserve Bank of India नागपुर Nagpur 0712 2806846 President VIBEWA Co-Moderator VIB-India A-pilll = Action coupled with Positivity, Interest, Love, Logic and laughter. -----Original Message----- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Dhananjay Bhole Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2015 2:57 PM To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled. Cc: jnuvision Subject: Re: [AI] Physically challenged to study at IITs for free It is apriciable. Economically backword students with disabilities will have great help by this discigen, provided IITs should allow enrolment of students with disabilities. IITs are not open to admit persons with disabilities specially visually challenged students. Professirs and administraters in IITs are not awared how persons with disabilities learn using assistive technologies, what accessible and inclusive environment they require for study science, technologies and management courses. They should sensitise them self. Creation of inclusive environment in IITs is more important than waving fees for persons with disabilities what i believe. Institutions should understand that fees consession will not increase enrolment of students with disabilities. They must start providing reasonable occomodation in their entire academic settings. Why don't they Make their libraries, laboratories, classrooms, teaching and learning processes, recreational services, campus premises, academic web services accessible for students, staffs, faculties, ,researchers and visiters with disabilities. Why Madam smruti irani didn't understand this? I have written her several times about the same on MHRD ministry's website and tried calling concern athorities. But no any reply. We should make aware such stakeholders that waving fees will not solve the problames of students with disabilities. They should make inclusive environment in academics. That will impact allot. Students with disabilities are not begers. Regards On 10/8/15, avinash shahi <shahi88avin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Aditi Tandon > http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/physically-challenged-to-study-at-iits-for-free/143209.html > Tribune News Service > > New Delhi, October 7 > Physically challenged students who wish to study at the Indian > Institutes of Technology (IITs) need not worry about the education > cost any more as the IIT Council has decided to waive their fee from > the current academic session. > The IITs' highest decision-making body announced this after the 49th > meeting of the Council in Mumbai yesterday. > Any student who gets admission into any of the 15 IITs under the > physically challenged category from this academic year onwards will > get free education through all semesters. > A fee waiver for students from the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled > Tribes category has been in place in the IITs but a demand for a > similar waiver for physically handicapped quota students was pending. > HRD Minister Smriti Irani is learnt to have personally pushed the > move which will boost technical education prospects for the special > category students. "The idea behind the proposal was to make access > and entry to the IITs easier for the students who get admission to the > IITs in the physically challenged category. Since such waivers exist > for SCs and STs, a window of opportunity was already there. We have > just seized the opportunity," said a high ranking HRD Ministry > official. > At present, the physically handicapped quota students who get > admitted to the IITs pay a fee of Rs 90,000 a year on the lines of the > general category students. > The development, on which the IITs will soon issue an official > circular, will improve the number of physically challenged students > entering IITs. > Sources in the Ministry say their numbers at present are low as compared to > the > > -- > Avinash Shahi > Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU > > > > 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/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > 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. 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