The Hindu : New Delhi News : "Make Braille books available"

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Friday, May 06, 2005

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"Make Braille books available"

Legal Correspondent

NEW DELHI: National Human Rights Commission Chairperson Justice A.S. Anand has written to the Chief Ministers/Administrators of all States/Union Territories expressing concern over the reported non-availability of books in Braille for the visually impaired students studying under the State Education Board.

He has said that the Commission would like to recommend that the State Education Board take steps to print the books to ensure its availability at the beginning of each academic session in Braille and work on proper distribution systems so that books prescribed by the State Board (SCERT) were available to visually challenged persons at the beginning of each academic session and such students did not suffer any hardship on that account.

Justice Anand stated that the Commission was of the view that there was a need to ensure that the printing of books in Braille should go simultaneously with the printing of regular books.

In order to ensure timely availability of Braille Text Books, the services of high speed computerised Braille presses could be utilized.

This would ensure education in an appropriate environment for blind students, in accordance with Section 26 of the Person with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995, he has said.

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