HC fumes over DU s unpreparedness orders it to provide reading material

• Thursday | 6th August, 2020

Besides, the court also directed DU to mandatorily provide at least two reading materials to visually impaired students within three weeks of receiving a request among other directions for the varsity. In another instance, DU submitted to the court that all PwD students had been personally informed via email about the new option of submitting answer sheets through attachments in an email. The court, once again pulled up DU, saying, "PwD doesn't mean visually impaired alone; Send an email to every student." The high court said that the DU had in a previous hearing said that students may approach their colleges for assistive devices. The court went on to remark, "DU will provide at least one prescribed book to every student.