Persons With Disabilities Scheme In Colleges: Higher Education For Persons With Special Needs

Persons With Disabilities Scheme In Colleges: Higher Education For Persons With Special Needs क्या है?

The Persons with Disabilities Act 1995 indicates that differently-abled persons should have access to education at all levels. In the higher education sector, the University Grants Commission (UGC) is supporting universities and colleges in the country to involve in special education activities.

लाभ

**Provision of Facilities and Financial assistance** The HEPSN scheme has three components. They are enumerated as follows: > **Component 1: Establishment of Enabling Units for differently-abled Persons** To develop awareness in the higher education system and also to provide necessary guidance and counseling to differently-abled persons, it is proposed to establish resource units in colleges in the country, which will be called Enabling Units. The functions of this Enabling Unit will be to: 1. Facilitate admission of differently-abled persons in various courses; 2. Provide guidance and counseling to differently-abled individuals; 3. Create awareness about the needs of differently-abled persons, and other general issues concerning their learning; and 4. Assist differently-abled graduates to gain successful employment in the public as well as private sectors. The special unit will be coordinated by a faculty member to be nominated by the head of the institution. He/she will work as an honorary coordinator for which a token honorarium of Rs. 4000/- per month will be paid. The unit will also have a budgetary provision of ₹ 50,000/per year towards general administration, stationery, and contingencies, and to avail the services of experts and personnel for organizing awareness programs, counseling sessions, etc., for efficient and independent functioning in order to achieve its objectives. > **Component 2: Providing Access to Differently-abled Persons** 1. The UGC will make a one-

स्तर

Central

मंत्रालय / विभाग

Ministry Of Social Justice and Empowerment

लाभ का प्रकार

cash

मुख्य पात्रता

1. The college applying for a grant for any one of the components of the scheme should have enrolled disabled persons, including persons with visual impairment, hearing impairment, locomotor disability, etc., in various courses of the institute. The definitions of disability are in accordance with t

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Benefits

**Provision of Facilities and Financial assistance** The HEPSN scheme has three components. They are enumerated as follows: > **Component 1: Establishment of Enabling Units for differently-abled Persons** To develop awareness in the higher education system and also to provide necessary guidance and counseling to differently-abled persons, it is proposed to establish resource units in colleges in the country, which will be called Enabling Units. The functions of this Enabling Unit will be to: 1. Facilitate admission of differently-abled persons in various courses; 2. Provide guidance and counseling to differently-abled individuals; 3. Create awareness about the needs of differently-abled persons, and other general issues concerning their learning; and 4. Assist differently-abled graduates to gain successful employment in the public as well as private sectors. The special unit will be coordinated by a faculty member to be nominated by the head of the institution. He/she will work as an honorary coordinator for which a token honorarium of Rs. 4000/- per month will be paid. The unit will also have a budgetary provision of ₹ 50,000/per year towards general administration, stationery, and contingencies, and to avail the services of experts and personnel for organizing awareness programs, counseling sessions, etc., for efficient and independent functioning in order to achieve its objectives. > **Component 2: Providing Access to Differently-abled Persons** 1. The UGC will make a one-

Eligibility

Documents Required

How to Apply

1. Step 1: Offline application — step 1

   Application for specific projects should be sent in the prescribed Proforma For financial assistance under the scheme to assist for college to facilitate higher Education for Person (HEPSN) Scheme on Page number 6 along with the College Development proposal.

2. Step 2: Offline application — step 3

   Procedure for release of grant

3. Step 3: Offline application — step 4

   Component 1. Honorarium to the coordinator and other budgetary provisions @ Rs.50,000/- per year will be released for the 1st year after approval of the proposal. Subsequent grants will be released on the basis of an audited utilization certificate and statement of expenditure.

4. Step 4: Offline application — step 6

   Component 2. The grant will be released upon receipt of detailed plans and estimate as per UGC building guidelines.

5. Step 5: Offline application — step 8

   Component 3. 90% of the grant allocated will be released as 1st installment and the remaining 10% on a reimbursement basis, upon receipt of the audited statement of expenditure and utilization certificate.

Sources & References

• Official scheme website ↗
• Source record ↗
• Information is summarised from official government sources. Verify all details on the official website before applying.