Sessions to help special students

The Delhi University is conducting counselling sessions in various colleges and has also set up dedicated centres to assist applicants with disability in filling up the online registration forms for admissions to the undergraduate courses.

A team of trained volunteers, along with teachers and counsellors, help the applicants with disability to ensure forms are filled correctly, without any hassle and confusion.

“The varsity has set up two centres till June 19 at Equal Opportunity Cell in the North Campus and joint dean students’ welfare office in the South Campus, where officials will be available between 10 am and 5 pm to assist the applicants in filling online registration forms,” the university said in a statement.

According to DU officials, the team of volunteers is operating only in the North Campus. A help desk will be set up in the South Campus on June 10 and 11 during the DU’s open days between 10 am and 1 pm.

This year, 423 applicants registered under the persons with disability category so far and more than 50 aspirants have taken assistance from the help desks put up by the varsity.

“We have anticipated every difficulty that might be faced by PwD applicants and have formed a team of volunteers to help them in filling their forms,” DU spokesperson Kishore Kumar Das said.

Along with the volunteers, an expert or a teacher has been assigned to these help desks.

“We are ready to provide any kind of assistance like pick- up and drop from the Metro station if an aspirant requires it, depending on his/ her condition,” he added.

The centres are also providing wheelchair facilities to the applicants in this category during the admission process.

The university has reserved three per cent of total seats in this category while declaring cutoffs for the same is under the jurisdiction of individual colleges. However, the aspirants are required to submit a certificate of physical disability issued by the chief medical officer of a district/ civil surgeon or any government hospital authorised to issue such certificates.