Prof. Mahendra P Lama, Pro Vice Chancellor, Indira Gandhi National
Open University (IGNOU), today, announced that every course material of
the university shall soon provide half page information about
scholarships offered by the National Handicapped Finance and Development
Corporation (NHFDC) for persons with disability.
He
was inaugurating an awareness programme on financial schemes for
educational/ vocational development of students/ persons with disability
at the convention centre of the university in the capital.
Talking
about the need of taking such a measure he said that, “When a disabled
student comes down to select a university he sees three major points.
Firstly, is it disable friendly? Has it penetrated their needs? And
lastly, will it make them self reliant?”
He
emphasized that when such people are given right training then they
become empowered. “Education is the only thing to enable a person to get
his right and properly utilize it. Knowing one’s right is the most
important thing for persons with disability. If they do not assert it
they won’t get it.”
Dr. Arun Banik,
Director, National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS), IGNOU, talked
about the scholarship scheme by NHFDC for IGNOU students. He emphasized
that about 1000 to 1500 disabled students are enrolled with IGNOU per
year. They should know about such schemes which shall empower them to be
self reliant.
Mr. A. K. Dey, Deputy
General Manager, NHFDC, discussed at length to make disabled people self
reliant. He brought forward 1500 scholarships for student with
disabilities wherein NHFDC provides scholarships for professional and
technical courses, graduate and post graduate courses. It covers
admission fee, tuition fee, maintenance allowances and hostel fee for
students. Details on website www.nhfdc.nic.in
“The
Corporation has state channelizing agencies for providing loans/
educational loans/ training to disabled persons in the country. It
provides training facilities along with a stipend of Rs.1000 per month.
We have a scheme of providing loan to Parents Association of Mentally
Retarded Persons to set up an income generating activity. PWDs can
obtain assistance from us to meet their small credit needs for small
business/ trade and other activities. Women can obtain a special one
percent rebate on interest in all our schemes,” said Mr. Anil Kumar,
Chief Manager, NHFDC during his presentation, followed by an interaction
session.
The programme began with the
welcome address by Dr. S. K. Prasad, Deputy Director, NCDS. He also
proposed a vote of thanks towards the end.
Source : India Education Diary , 2nd August 2013
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