Children with disabilities Current Affairs, GK & News
Cross-Disability Early Intervention Centers for children
Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot inaugurated 14 Cross-Disability Early Intervention Centers at 7 National Institutes and 7 Composite Regional Centers (CRCs). What is the purpose of these centers? Centers will provide services like screening, identification, rehabilitation, counselling and therapeutic for different disabilities under one roof in a contiguous manner. It will ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2021
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Children with disabilities • Composite Regional Centers • Cross-Disability Early Intervention Centers • Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016
Facts Box: Accessible India Campaign
Recently GoI extended the deadline for Accessible India Campaign to March 2020. The main objective of the campaign is to make public spaces friendly for persons with disabilities. About the campaign The campaign is also called Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan. The scheme was launched by Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. The initiative is in ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2019
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Accessible India Campaign • Children with disabilities • Disabilities • Persons with Disabilities • Right of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016 • Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan
State of the Education Report for India 2019 launched
The State of the Education Report for India 2019: Children with Disabilities, was recently launched at an event organized by UNESCO in New Delhi. The event was attended by more than 200 representatives from government, civil society, academia, partners and youth. To be published annually, the 2019 edition of report is 1st of its kind ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2019
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Children with disabilities • Right of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016 • Right to Education (RTE) Act 2009 • State of the Education Report for India 2019: Children with Disabilities • Tata Institute of Social Sciences • UNESCO • Union Ministry of Human Resource Development • United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization