Taken from “The Times of India”
NEW DELHI: Delhi University (DU) has decided to waive fees and hostel charges for people with physical disabilities from this academic year. They will also get a 50% mess subsidy.
It has been decided that students with physical disabilities enrolled in the faculties, departments, centres and institutions/colleges of DU will be exempted from payment of fees, excluding admission fee, subscription towards Delhi University Students' Union and the identity card fee.
"The other university fees include library fees, health centre fees, sports fees and university development fund fees. The university has also issued a circular to all the deans of faculties, heads of departments, principals of colleges and directors of centres to refund the fees already paid by these students for the academic session 2012-13 at the earliest," said deputy registrar (academic) Ram Dutt.
This year, around 500 students with disabilities have enrolled in various undergraduate courses, the highest so far, although 1,500 undergraduate seats are reserved for them at DU. The decision is likely to benefit around 2,000 students at various undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including MPhil and PhD.
TOI on August 28 first reported about DU planning a series of initiatives for physically disabled students. These included free transport, subsidized housing and provision of assistive devices to help students in their higher studies.
"All physically-handicapped category students who are residents of different hostels/halls of the university will also be exempted from payment of all fees and charges, except the refundable caution fees. Moreover, the university shall pay 50% of the mess fees as well," said Dutt.
Source: The Times of India
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