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Giving a boose to disabled students in the city, the UT Education Department is going to provide free education to all disabled students up to Class XII in all government schools in the city. The proposal is going to be finalised within a week’s time.

The education department initiated this proposal following the episode in which Abhimanyu Partap, a disabled student, was denied admission to Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 16, and his parents then moved the High Court.

Talking to Newsline, a senior official from the education department said the High Court had suggested the department regarding making education free for all disabled students. The official also confirmed that the proposal is in its final stages and is lying pending with senior UT Administration officials.

DPI (S), S K Setia said, “We have decided to do away with tuition fee for Abhimanyu. And senior officials in the department are also considering making education free for all disabled students seeking admission in government schools.”

Besides doing away with fees for disabled students, the current scholarships available to them will also be revised, sources said.

At present disabled students from Class I to V get Rs 25 per month as scholarship and students from Class VI to VIII get Rs 35 per month. This amount, as per sources, would be revised.

Besides, meritorious students belonging to the Scheduled Caste (SC) /Scheduled Tribe (ST) category with 55 per cent marks get scholarship of Rs 20 per month for Class VIII, IX and X, while students in Class XII get a scholarship of Rs 25 per month.

Sources said all the scholarships, whether for the disabled or students belonging to SC/ST category, would be increased to Rs 250 per month.

Source: Newsline

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Giving a boose to disabled students in the city, the UT Education Department is going to provide free education to all disabled students up to Class XII in all government schools in the city. The proposal is going to be finalised within a week’s time.

The education department initiated this proposal following the episode in which Abhimanyu Partap, a disabled student, was denied admission to Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 16, and his parents then moved the High Court.

Talking to Newsline, a senior official from the education department said the High Court had suggested the department regarding making education free for all disabled students. The official also confirmed that the proposal is in its final stages and is lying pending with senior UT Administration officials.

DPI (S), S K Setia said, “We have decided to do away with tuition fee for Abhimanyu. And senior officials in the department are also considering making education free for all disabled students seeking admission in government schools.”

Besides doing away with fees for disabled students, the current scholarships available to them will also be revised, sources said.

At present disabled students from Class I to V get Rs 25 per month as scholarship and students from Class VI to VIII get Rs 35 per month. This amount, as per sources, would be revised.

Besides, meritorious students belonging to the Scheduled Caste (SC) /Scheduled Tribe (ST) category with 55 per cent marks get scholarship of Rs 20 per month for Class VIII, IX and X, while students in Class XII get a scholarship of Rs 25 per month.

Sources said all the scholarships, whether for the disabled or students belonging to SC/ST category, would be increased to Rs 250 per month.

Source: Newsline

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Vikas

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