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August 28, 2008
Dhaka University in Bangladesh Creating Disability-Friendly Environment
The following article was found at We Can Do website (wecando.wordpress.com) and we thank to Md. Aktar Uddin, Communication and Fundraising Officer at ADD, for kindly permitting us to circulete this notice.
Dear Friends
Action on Disability and Development (ADD) and Disabled Students Rights
Forum in cooperation with Dhaka University organized a roundtable discussion
titled ‘Right to education for students with disabilities: Barriers and
moving forward to inclusion into mainstream’ held at Senate Bhaban,
University of Dhaka on Aug, 2008. Professor S.M.A. Faiz, Vice-Chancellor,
University of Dhaka attended the roundtable as Chief Guest while Mr.
Mosharraf Hossain, Country Director, ADD moderated the event.
Disabled friendly environment should be ensured in university for disabled
students in acquiring higher education. This is why; the authority of the
university should be sensitized in building a sustainable infrastructure
paving the advancement to the disabled students in getting higher education
smoothly. The speakers demanded at the roundtable discussion.
Key findings of the roundtable
・ 5% quota should be reserved for the students with disabilities in the
university admission process.
・ Formulation a policy to ensure higher education uninterruptedly for the
students with disabilities
・ Set up ramps and disabled friendly spacious and talking lifts in all
buildings of the university and introducing Braille readers and writers at
the halls of residence.
・ Allocation of seats of residential halls should be reserved for student
with disabilities
・ Seats should be reserved for disabled students at university bus which
should also be disabled friendly
・ The process of getting scribes (interpreter) for visually impaired persons
in delivering examination should be easy and allowed necessary extra time
for examination
・ Scholarship should be reserved for the students with disabilities
・ Every department of university should appoint a disability sensitive
teacher to minimize the barriers of the disabled students
・ Attitudes of teachers, administrative officers, students should be
sensitive to the disabled students, so, the authority should organize
training on disability for those groups in a view to deal the disability
issue from rights based approach
・ UGC should constitute a specific guideline on disability for the
universities to deal the students with disabilities and take actions for
implementation properly
・ Inclusive education should be materialized managing all facilities for the
students with disabilities
・ Disability issue should be included at policy making body of university as
a serious agenda to ensure congenial atmosphere for students with
disabilities to obtaining higher education
・ Authorities should appoint officials at the university dormitories who
would read newspapers for the visually impaired students.
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Posted by jicafriends at August 28, 2008 01:46 PM