DU to make admission process easier for disabled aspirants

New Delhi: The Delhi University, which is gearing up for another busy
admission season that will commence soon, is making extra efforts to
ensure that the admission procedure is easy for physically disabled
aspirants.

The Equal Opportunity Cell (EOC) at the university has decided to
write to Delhi's Ministry of Social Justice and ask them to set up
camps for conducting check ups for disabled students that will help
them obtain disability certificates easily.

Nisha Singh, a member of the EOC said that the university wanted to
make the admission process easier for disabled students. "We want the
ministry to set up health camps for students where they can be checked
by a board of doctors. The students will also be given disability
certificates quickly," she said.

She further informed that the admission procedure fro disabled
students at the university is most likely to begin on May 28 and will
continue till June 8.

Through the duration of the admission procedure for disabled students,
they will have to get themselves registered under the Physically
Handicapped quota. The registration of the students will take place at
the office of the Dean of Students' Welfare.

1600 seats at the university are reserved each year for disabled
students. The document that is most necessary for admission to DU
under the disabled students quota is the disability certificate.

According to the rules of the university, a candidate should have at
least 40% disability to seek admission under the quota for disabled
students. The lack of a disability certificate is the biggest reason
why several candidates fail to seek admission under the quota.

J.M. Khurana, Dean of Students' Welfare said that the certificate
should not be older than 5 years and should also have a picture of the
candidate that is recognizable.

A three-day workshop had earlier been conducted by the EOC for special
educators in schools and was attended by around 300 teachers. "We
informed the teachers about the admission procedure at the university
and the requirements necessary for it. Our aim is to take the number
of admissions under the disability quota higher this year," Nisha
Singh said.