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More aid promised

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Finance Minister T.M. Thomas Isaac has promised that the Left Democratic Front government will provide a substantially larger allocation than before in the next State budget for taking care of mentally challenged children.

Inaugurating a ‘corporate social responsibility cell’ of the Kerala Financial Corporation (KFC) here on Wednesday, Dr. Isaac said there was indeed a big contradiction in the government’s attitude to the mentally challenged children.

While the government was providing free education to children with normal physical and mental abilities, the less fortunate, who needed all the help and affection society could provide them, received very little attention. “Perhaps it could be that the government’s attention falls only on those who indulge in collective bargaining. The responsibility of taking care of mentally challenged children is entirely left to their parents. Something is terribly wrong with the attitude of our society,” Dr. Isaac said.

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