Move to develop curriculum for disability studies Staff Reporter
NEW DELHI: Accusing the University Grants Commission of a "lackadaisical attitude" towards development of disability studies as an academic discipline, the Society for Disability and Rehabilitation Studies has constituted a 17-member non-official core group to develop a model curriculum for disability studies. It will be chaired by Dr. G. N. Karna. The group has been set up to develop and formulate syllabi for various programmes in disability studies. It will submit its report within six months to the Society, which in turn will submit it to President Pratibha Patil and the Union Human Resource Development Minister. The HRD Ministry recognised disability studies as an academic discipline in September 2005. According to the Society, the HRD Ministry directed the UGC to extend support to universities and colleges in setting up special departments or centres for disability studies and also to institute a Rajiv Gandhi Chair in Disability Studies in each Central university. The Society alleged that the UGC had not yet started the first stage of constituting the model curriculum development committee for disability studies. http://www.thehindu.com/2009/06/21/stories/2009062159160400.htm Vikas Kapoor, MSN Id:dl_vi...@hotmail.com, Yahoo&Skype Id: dl_vikas, Mobile: (+91) 9891098137. 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
