UKM aims to enrol more OKU students

KUALA LUMPUR: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) aims to have the disabled make up 1% of its students and staff, in line with the existing government policy.

UKM Pro Vice-chancellor Prof Datuk Dr Hanafiah Harunarashid said so far, out of 40,000 students and staff, only 49 individuals are persons with disabilities (OKU).

“We need at least 400 OKU to join UKM as students or staff members. Although we have only just reached a quarter of the target, we are on track,” he said.

Prof Hanafiah, who spoke to Bernama after officiating at the UKM 2022 World Persons with Disability Day at the Dewan Kolej Tun Syed Nasir at its Kuala Lumpur campus yesterday, said the university had improved the infrastructure and facilities for the disabled for that purpose, including accessible routes, toilets, and the like.

The Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Prof Dr Suzana Shahar, said UKM, in collaboration with the Disabled Services and Support Unit (UPS-OKU), had established a special health screening centre to prevent non-communicable diseases among the group.