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South Korea Passes Bill Banning Mobile Phones In School Classrooms
South Korea has passed a bill banning the use of mobile phones in school classrooms nationwide, officials said Thursday, joining other countries in efforts to curb social media use among minors.
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New Phase Of Capacity Building Programme On Learning Disabilities Kicks Off
Disability Training Programme: This initiative is designed to equip Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) with the necessary skills and knowledge to support students with specific learning disabilities.
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Supreme Court Orders IIT To Award Degree To 'Learning Disabled' Student
For a student suffering from 'learning disabilities', the Supreme Court order has come as a great relief as it directed IIT Bombay to hand over his degree in Master in Design, declaring that the student has successfully completed it.
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Hearing-Impaired Gurgaon Girl Is CBSE Class 12 Topper In Special Category
Hearing-impaired student Lavanya Balakrishnan has topped the CBSE Class 12 board exams in the persons with disabilities category. A student of the Heritage Xperiential Learning School in Gurgaon, Lavanya Balakrishnan scored 489 marks out of 500 in the class 12 board exam of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).
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Engineering Students Design Device For Children With Learning Disabilities, Wins Top Spot At Smart India Hackathon 2018
A brainchild of students from KCJ College of Engineering, Chennai, the device makes life easier for dyslexic kids who find it difficult to read, write or interpret words, letters and other symbols.
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Apple's Everyone Can Code Programme Now Open to Students With Disabilities
Beginning this autumn, US schools supporting students with vision, hearing or other assistive needs will start teaching the Everyone Can Code curricula.
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No IIT Degree For Learning-Disabled Student As Court Refuses Relief
A learning disability or a mental disorder cannot be termed a physical disability, the Bombay High Court said while refusing to direct the IIT Bombay to give a formal degree to a girl student suffering from dyscalculia, although she has completed a master's course.
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Nearly 2 Lakh Students With Learning Disabilities Enrolled At Primary Level, Says Government
New Delhi: As many as 1.82 lakh children with learning disabilities are enrolled at primary level in schools according to the Unified District Information System for Education 2015-16, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday. According to the data provided by Union Minister of State for HRD Upendra Kushwaha, such students constituted 0.14 per cent of ...
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High Court Directs SSC Board To Pass A Girl With Learning Disability
Observing that students with learning disability deserve sympathy and grace from authorities in their performance, the Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education to pass a girl who was detained in SSC for her failure to obtain minimum marks in an optional subject.
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New York School Allegedly Forced 'Terrorist' Confession From 12-Year-Old Muslim Boy
A 12-year-old Muslim student with learning disabilities was forced by New York school officials to sign a false confession stating he was a "terrorist," his family claimed in a $50 million federal lawsuit.
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Bombay High Court Steps in to Help Students With Learning Disability
The Bombay High Court has asked the Union government to file an affidavit by December 9, informing it about the recommendations it proposes to make for establishing learning disability centres all over Maharashtra.
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Schools send special-needs children for repeated tests
Learning Disability (LD) specialists in the city have been observing a disturbing trend. They claim that when parents bring children with learning disabilities for admission to schools, authorities often ask for them to be re-assessed, even if the child seeking admission has already been handed documents certifying them as having learning disabilit...
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South Korea Passes Bill Banning Mobile Phones In School Classrooms
South Korea has passed a bill banning the use of mobile phones in school classrooms nationwide, officials said Thursday, joining other countries in efforts to curb social media use among minors.
-
New Phase Of Capacity Building Programme On Learning Disabilities Kicks Off
Disability Training Programme: This initiative is designed to equip Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) with the necessary skills and knowledge to support students with specific learning disabilities.
-
Supreme Court Orders IIT To Award Degree To 'Learning Disabled' Student
For a student suffering from 'learning disabilities', the Supreme Court order has come as a great relief as it directed IIT Bombay to hand over his degree in Master in Design, declaring that the student has successfully completed it.
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Hearing-Impaired Gurgaon Girl Is CBSE Class 12 Topper In Special Category
Hearing-impaired student Lavanya Balakrishnan has topped the CBSE Class 12 board exams in the persons with disabilities category. A student of the Heritage Xperiential Learning School in Gurgaon, Lavanya Balakrishnan scored 489 marks out of 500 in the class 12 board exam of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).
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Engineering Students Design Device For Children With Learning Disabilities, Wins Top Spot At Smart India Hackathon 2018
A brainchild of students from KCJ College of Engineering, Chennai, the device makes life easier for dyslexic kids who find it difficult to read, write or interpret words, letters and other symbols.
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Apple's Everyone Can Code Programme Now Open to Students With Disabilities
Beginning this autumn, US schools supporting students with vision, hearing or other assistive needs will start teaching the Everyone Can Code curricula.
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No IIT Degree For Learning-Disabled Student As Court Refuses Relief
A learning disability or a mental disorder cannot be termed a physical disability, the Bombay High Court said while refusing to direct the IIT Bombay to give a formal degree to a girl student suffering from dyscalculia, although she has completed a master's course.
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Nearly 2 Lakh Students With Learning Disabilities Enrolled At Primary Level, Says Government
New Delhi: As many as 1.82 lakh children with learning disabilities are enrolled at primary level in schools according to the Unified District Information System for Education 2015-16, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday. According to the data provided by Union Minister of State for HRD Upendra Kushwaha, such students constituted 0.14 per cent of ...
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High Court Directs SSC Board To Pass A Girl With Learning Disability
Observing that students with learning disability deserve sympathy and grace from authorities in their performance, the Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education to pass a girl who was detained in SSC for her failure to obtain minimum marks in an optional subject.
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New York School Allegedly Forced 'Terrorist' Confession From 12-Year-Old Muslim Boy
A 12-year-old Muslim student with learning disabilities was forced by New York school officials to sign a false confession stating he was a "terrorist," his family claimed in a $50 million federal lawsuit.
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Bombay High Court Steps in to Help Students With Learning Disability
The Bombay High Court has asked the Union government to file an affidavit by December 9, informing it about the recommendations it proposes to make for establishing learning disability centres all over Maharashtra.
-
Schools send special-needs children for repeated tests
Learning Disability (LD) specialists in the city have been observing a disturbing trend. They claim that when parents bring children with learning disabilities for admission to schools, authorities often ask for them to be re-assessed, even if the child seeking admission has already been handed documents certifying them as having learning disabilit...
