JOIN USIn a bid to help differently abled students, new wheelchairs, lifts and additional security will soon be provided at all regional centres of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU).
“Many students with disabilities are seeking admission to various courses offered by IGNOU. At present there are a few thousands of students with different categories of disabilities,” vice chancellor M Aslam said on Wednesday.
“They need some special services in order to realise independent forms of studying and living,” he added.
Two-day workshop
IGNOU had last week organised a two-day workshop to train staffers form all its 67 regional centres on providing assistance to physically-disabled students.
According to Aslam, the support staff should have adequate knowledge and information about the students with disabilities and the services available at IGNOU.
IGNOU, established in 1985, serves the educational aspirations of over four million students in India and 36 other countries. It offers about 490 certificate, diploma, degree and doctoral programmes.