Persons With Disabilities Are An Important Part Of Our Society: Dr Virendra Kumar
Dr Virendra Kumar, Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment highlighted that in an effort to make education and jobs more accessible for people with disabilities the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 increased reservations for the disabled in government jobs, government recognised schools and also widened the categories identified as disability from 7 to 21 categories. He also said that the New Education Policy (NEP) ensures that textbooks for classes 1 to 6 classes are made available in Indian Sign Language. The Minister further talked about the various initiatives being undertaken under the Accessible India campaign to make government.
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Dr Virendra Kumar, Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment highlighted that in an effort to make education and jobs more accessible for people with disabilities the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 increased reservations for the disabled in government jobs, government recognised schools and also widened the categories identified as disability from 7 to 21 categories. He also said that the New Education Policy (NEP) ensures that textbooks for classes 1 to 6 classes are made available in Indian Sign Language. The Minister further talked about the various initiatives being undertaken under the Accessible India campaign to make government.
