Education and Employment

Kerala University academic council permits 100% visually impaired student to pursue Science course

Serving Army officer allowed norms relaxation for MBA programme

The Academic Council of Kerala University on Friday decided to admit a candidate with 100% visual impairment to BSc Physics course.

While the undergraduate (UG) prospectus of the university has thus far permitted admissions for only visually impaired candidates with less than 40% disability to Science subjects, the current decision is likely to enable more differently-abled aspirants to pursue higher education.

PU, PGIMER faculty get patent for oral healthcare education device for visually-impaired

The device, created by PU, PGIMER facult members, comprises a dental model having diseased and healthy teeth, inflamed and healthy gingival tissues and a sensor.
Panjab University’s representatives on Thursday said the University Institute of Engineering and Technology (UIET) and Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) professors have been granted a patent for an oral healthcare educational device for the visually impaired children.

2 visually challenged girls set to rock airwaves as RJs

Pune: Breaking stereotypes, two visually-challenged youngsters from Pune have achieved their dream of becoming radio jockeys (RJs).
Divya Thorat (19) and Priyanka and Priyanka Gaikwad (24), students of NFBM Jagriti School For Blind Girls, Alandi, were the only ones to be selected from the state by Radio Udaan, an inclusive online radio station for people with disabilities, through a voice test in February.

BEDC offers scholarship, Braille to RUGIPO visually impaired student

Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) Plc has awarded scholarship covering full tuition fees, monthly upkeep allowance, as well as presentation of a Braille keyboard, laptop and a recording device to Mr. Israel Ojo Temitope, a visually impaired Higher National Diploma I Mass Communication student of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Ondo State.

PM Modi to address 'Shikshak Parv', launch education initiatives on Tuesday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the inaugural conclave of 'Shikshak Parv' on September 7 via video-conferencing and will also launch multiple key initiatives in the education sector.

Bombay HC asks NCERT to verify credentials of experts before enlisting help for special education

The Bombay high court (HC) has asked the ministry of education and the National Council for Education, Research and Training (NCERT) to verify the credentials of the experts listed by the petitioner for finding a way to provide education for specially-abled children in over 900 special schools across the state.

Roulette enables visually impaired people to draw tactile diagrams on any paper

Students with blindness and low vision are traditionally discouraged from pursuing mathematics, specifically geometry, given its visual nature. This lack of access translates into a detail of opportunities in academics and employment. Bengaluru-based developer Paul D’Souza is out to change that with his drawing tool Roulette.

Disability brings out the activist in her

Madras High Court advocate has been chosen for Javed Abidi award this year

M. Karpagam, a visually impaired lawyer practising at the Madras High Court, has been selected for this year’s NCPEDP-Mphasis Javed Abidi Universal Design Award in the public policy and advocacy category.

She is the first visually impaired woman advocate who is actively practising, including arguing her cases, in the High Court, she says. Her journey has been fraught with challenges.

Disability brings out the activist in her

Madras High Court advocate has been chosen for Javed Abidi award this year

M. Karpagam, a visually impaired lawyer practising at the Madras High Court, has been selected for this year’s NCPEDP-Mphasis Javed Abidi Universal Design Award in the public policy and advocacy category.

She is the first visually impaired woman advocate who is actively practising, including arguing her cases, in the High Court, she says. Her journey has been fraught with challenges.

Supplementary board exams begin

The supplementary board examinations for Classes 12 and 10 began across Tamil Nadu on Monday with the language paper.

Following the cancellation of the SSLC examination, which was to have been held in March, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, all Class 10 students who had registered themselves for the examination through schools were declared promoted by Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami.

They were given mark-sheets based on their half-yearly and quarterly examinations.