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Notice to Union Ministry

Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI: The Office of Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities has sent a notice to the Union Human Resource Development Ministry on the issue of violation of basic rights of persons with disabilities.

The intervention has come a couple of weeks after IGNOU Pro-Vice Chancellor Prof. P. R. Ramanujam (a wheelchair user) was invited to a high-level meeting organised by the HRD Ministry but was unable to participate because the venue selected wasn't accessible to persons with disability.

“This incident is a violation of the basic rights of persons with disabilities which has become a routine phenomenon now. It is an utterly shocking incident and if this is the attitude of the HRD Ministry towards a Pro-Vice Chancellor representing IGNOU, one can imagine what would be the treatment given to ordinary persons with disabilities without clout or status,'' said Society for Disability and Rehabilitation Studies president Dr. G. N. Karana. Now acting on the appeal of the Society for Disability and Rehabilitation Studies, the CCPD has issued a notice to HRD Ministry's Department of Higher Education Joint Secretary (Bureau of Distance Learning and Scholarships) seeking explanation within 30 days about the incident.

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