A day before DU had to submit its response to a public interest
litigation (PIL) filed by disability rights NGO Sambhavana in the Delhi
high court, the DU authorities issued a statement saying the academic
council has decided in favour of making "suitable modifications" and has
also constituted a committee.
Delhi University announced
that the AC, in a meeting on May 7 and 8, had "resolved that in view of
the special needs of the students with disabilities, suitable
modifications shall be made in the curricular, mode of instruction and
assessment". A 14-member "empowered committee" has also been constituted
to examine the various aspects of the curricula and teaching methods.
The committee will start with the syllabi that'll be covered in the
first semester and submit an "interim report" by June 15.
"The vice chancellor has been authorized to frame the guidelines for
mode of instruction, assessment and examinations in consultation with
the equal opportunity cell." The committee will "examine the curricular,
reading material, mode of instruction and mode of
assessment/examination under the four year under-graduate programme".
It will also submit recommendations on the "steps to be taken to
improve availability of reading materials for persons with disability".
It will also "examine the measures currently in place in the internal
assessment scheme/examination pattern and further changes that could be
made in this regard for persons with disability".
The NGO
Sambhavana had argued that the four-year course in it's current form
will prove to be a huge challenge to the visually-impaired students. It
pointed out that many visually-impaired students were not allowed to
study maths or science beyond a certain point, typically Class eight or
10, and will be unable to handle the foundation courses which are
compulsory. They had demanded that a special course be designed to bring
such kids up to the level of the others in class.
Source : T.O.I , 15th May 2013
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