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Question: What is the Scholarship Scheme of N.C.P.E.D.P.?

Answer: As you are aware, N.C.P.E.D.P. had instituted its Postgraduate/Professional Scholarship Scheme in 1998 for students with disabilities to enable them to pursue higher studies at the postgraduate / doctoral levels.

The Scheme has reached out to students from all parts of the country, pursuing courses as diverse as M.B.B.S., M.B.A., Fashion Designing, etc. till now. The Scheme will be active for the seventh consecutive year. Applications for the Scholarship will be available upon request at A-77, South Extension Part II, New Delhi – 110 049. Phone: (011) 26265647, 26265648, 26263407. Forms can also be downloaded from our website, www.ncpedp.org.

Question: What is ‘inclusive education’?

Answer: Inclusive education changes attitudes. It enables children with special needs to reach their potential and live with equality and dignity.

It is education which equips a child to meet the challenges of life. Children with disability need this all the more to supplement their different talents for making them useful members of society.

Depending upon the physical and mental status of the student, the type of education required varies as:

1. Regular: As currently being taught in schools (up to Senior Secondary level).
2. Special: For certain special categories of students (with disability) with specific facilities.
3. Integrated: Special and regular education merged in a common set up. The disabled children adapt to the environment inthe school.The disabled children adapt to the environment in the school. All children learn together in the same school, in the same classroom, with the necessary services and support. All children have their unique needs met in the same school and setting that they would attend if they did not have a disability. Thus, children with and without disabilities have the opportunity of interacting and developing friendships with each other. Such integration of children with or without disability, preferably in equal number, should be done from an early age. It can also be called ‘reverse mainstreaming’.
4. Inclusive: A regular school to accommodate all children, regardless of their physical, intellectual, social, emotional or other conditions. The school adapts itsey to accommodate disabled students. The school adapts itself to accommodate disabled students. There is no specific percentage of number in this set up. A small percentage is of those with special needs. This provides the means to improve quality of life. Arrangements for barrier-free environment and other required material are made in the regular set up for children with special needs, and children with disabilities are treated as equal partners in the community.

Question: What is the procedure for admission of physically challenged candidates?

Answer:

• Three per cent seats are reserved for physically challenged candidates for admission to under-graduate courses.
• Physically challenged candidates who secure admission on merit in the General Category should not be counted in the 3 per cent quota.
• Three per cent seats in all undergraduate and postgraduate institutions (including professional and technical institutions) will be reserved for candidates with physical disabilities.
• Reservation will also be applicable to institutions where admission is through entrance examinations.
• Reservation will be implemented college-wise and as for as possible course-wise in under-graduate, courses for physically challenged students depending, inter alia, on the nature and severity of their disability. The reservation will be implemented department-wise in post graduate courses as well as available only in one department/college.
• Candidate seeking admission under reservation shall be required to fulfil other criteria of admission as detailed in eligibility conditions except relaxation of 5 per cent marks in the minimum eligibility conditions. In case of a course where admission is by entrance examination 5 per cent concession shall be granted in the minimum eligibility condition for admission to the test.
• The 3 per cent reservation may be allocated as follows: 1 per cent for persons with low vision or blindness; 1 per cent for hearing impaired, 1 per cent for those with locomotor disabilities and or cerebral palsy. However if sufficient candidates are not available in a sub-category then candidates from other the sub-categories should be considered.
• Candidates with more than one type of reservation. This reservation shall cut across the existing reservations of S.C./S.T., children/widows/wives of officers and men armed forces including paramilitary forces killed /disabled in accordance with the principal of interlocking reservations. In other words, there will be sub-reservations for physically disabled candidates in each reserved category, thus a disabled S.C./S.T. candidates would have preference over an able-bodied S.C./S.T. candidate.
• If sufficient numbers of the candidates are not available under the reserved categories then their seats may be filled with general category candidates.
• Colleges/departments are free to exceed the 3 per cent reservation quota if necessary. (Note: Ordinarily the number of seats reserved would be 1 for 33; 2 for 67 and 3 for 100 and so on. However, the colleges may round off the number of reserved seats to next higher level, if the number of calculated seats falls more than half way between two levels, e.g. for 54 seats the number of reserved seats would be 1.62, which may be rounded off to 2 though it may appear to be 4 per cent quota. In essence, the nature of reservation should be enabling in spirit and the institution not feel prevented from exceeding the 3 per cent quota.
• The Dean Students Welfare (D.S.W.) will arrange for professional counselling of physically challenged student to enable them to decide about courses keeping in view their aptitude, disability and further carrier prospects.
• All candidates who wish to seek admission to various colleges and in courses where there is no entrance test should register themselves at the Desk for Persons with disabilities at the office of the Dean Students Welfare (Main Campus), New Examination Hall, Near University Main Gate. The application form will be available at the Registration Desk. The dates and time for availability for submission of forms will be the same as that for general category students. Candidates have to register themselves on the prescribed preliminary form along with the Certificate of Physical Disability issued by Chief Medical Officer of a district/civil surgeon or any Government Hospital authorised to issue such certificates.
• In courses where admission is through entrance test, the candidates should fill separate forms prescribed by each institution/college/faculty in duplicate. Both copies should be clearly marked for category of reservation. The institution/ college/faculty shall send one copy of the form for registration at the D.S.W. office. However, if the candidates desire, they may submit forms at the office of the D.S.W. which shall arrange to dispatch the forms to colleges/departments where the candidates wish to seek admission.
• Colleges would notify the D.S.W. about dates of tests/interview (wherever applicable) so these applicants can be informed accordingly. The D.S.W. would notify these dates on the notice board and also post the same on the DU website.
• In all cases, separate merit lists will be made for physically challenged candidates under the 3 per cent quota. However, if the number of applicants for a course/institution exceeds the quota, a priority list of candidates will be prepared taking into account: (a) Marks obtained in the qualifying examination for admission and (b) Severity of the disability. Note: Marks obtained in the qualifying exams being same, priority will be given to candidates whose disability is more severe, e.g. Complete loss of vision over partial loss of vision OR loss of a complete limb over loss of a few fingers, etc.
• On request of the Dean Students Welfare, the CMO WUS Health Centre would constitute a medical board consisting of (a) medical specialists in the concerned field of disability, (b) rehabilitation experts and (c) nominee of the Dean of Faculty having special knowledge about the proposed discipline of study of the candidate. The Medical Board shall examine the candidates to determine the extent of disability on a 10- point scale and recommend the points to be added as weightage to the marks scored in the qualifying examination, for the purpose of admission. The Medical Board chaired by the CMO would function at the WUS Health Centre, Chhatra Marg (near Patel Chest Hospital) at the main campus of the University of Delhi and any additional board if required at the WUS Health Centre, South Campus. The medical boards shall meet within one week of the last date of submission of form/announcement of result of entrance examination as the case may be. The candidates can enquire about the dates of medical examination either at the WUS Health Centre or at the office of the D.S.W. This information will also be available on the D.U. website.
• The medical board shall send all data on disability points awarded to each candidate to be displayed at the D.S.W. office. In case of professional, technical and post-graduate courses and where admission is through entrance examination, the recommendation would be sent directly to the faculty/college with a copy to the D.S.W.
• The D.S.W. office would add the disability point to the marks in qualifying examination and allot college/subject based on preference indicated by candidate in the prescribed form.
• The certificate issued by the Medical Board will be valid for the purpose of admission to any college where a candidate has applied within the prescribed date.
• No college shall refuse admission to any disabled candidate who is otherwise eligible, subject to mandatory 3 per cent quota.
• As for as possible all admission of physically disabled candidates should be completed by the last date prescribed for the general category candidates. However, the Dean of the Faculty/Head of the Department/Principal of college would keep the required number of seats vacant in the college/department concerned until the recommendation of the medical board are received by them and the merit list of the reserved category finalised thereafter.
• The Delhi University Disabilities Committee shall strictly monitor the implementation of the provision of the reservation in all constituents of affiliated colleges/departments/institutions of the University of Delhi.
• Grievances regarding admissions under reservation for persons with disabilities should be reported to the Dean Students Welfare, who will convence a meeting of the Grievance Committee set up for the purpose.

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