Dear Aishwarya, I've dealt with these issues before. Firstly, as far as Universities are concerned, the regulator is the Union Grants Commission, which should be the appropriate authority.
In January 2019, UGC issued a notice to all Universities and Deemed Universities for compliance of the 2018 guidelines. I've uploaded the notice file here. It should be available on the UGC website as well. File: https://www.dropbox.com/s/b1nsnr2bgrp4wss/UGC%20Notice%20January%202019.pdf?dl=0 If you have an issue with a particular University administration, show them this notice. This has been circulated to all Universities across the country. So, if they're telling you that they aren't aware, either they didn't get it due to some technical error, or they're ignorant. If we're talking about a larger issue with all Universities across the country, the problem is a serious one indeed, and needs a lot of attention. These Universities are not following a lot of things. A larger policy intervention is needed here. I don't think MSJE alone can do anything in the matter, unless UGC is brought on the same table. I've been consulting for disability policies for a few Universities like IIM Ahmedabad for some time. So, even the best of places in the country are facing this issue. If there're people who want to address this, I'm ready to pitch in. Maitreya. On 3/29/19, Aishwarya Pillai <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > > Although the Guidelines for conducting written examination for persons > with benchmark disabilities was passed in Aug 2018, I still see many > universities and colleges not complying to it. When asked, the > management of the institutions said that they are not aware of the > order and moreover, it was not circulated to them. this is not just > one incident, but has been repeatedly happening at various places > across India. May it be schools, junior colleges, degree and PG > colleges, it is the same every where. > I am seriously thinking of addressing this issue, In this regard, i > tried contacting the local department of persons with disabilities, > but all they said was that I should write a letter. But I heard that > despite many persons writing to them, no action has been taken so far. > I looked up on the Ministry of Social Welfare and Justice website to > find out if there is any facility wherein i can complain. I did find > one, but it was to address complaints on the Ministry itself. > So is there anyone here who has already addressed this issue earlier? > May i ask if any action has been taken. If not, could anyone please > tell me where would be the right place to approach? Thanks a lot in > advance. > > With regards, > Aishwarya. > > > 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.. > > -- Maitreya Shah Fourth Year-B.A. LL.B (Hons.) Gujarat National Law University +91 8690943237 +91 8320964462 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..
