To make the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS) disability friendly and more accessible to persons with disabilities, the university has enacted the Policy for Persons with Disability, 2022.
The National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS) Academic Council unanimously passed the NUJS Policy for Persons with Disability 2022.
NUJS Kolkata's tweet reads, "As a step forward to making the University Campus disability friendly and more accessible to persons with disabilities, NUJS has enacted the Policy for Persons with Disability, 2022. #inclusivity #nujs"
The official notification says, "With the passing of this policy, we as an institution have taken a step forward to making the University Campus disability friendly and more accessible to persons with disabilities. The policy inculcates the values of reasonable accommodation, universal design, physical, digital, medical and academic accessibility, among others."
The university created an internal committee for students with disabilities and a centre for disability rights and equal opportunities at NUJS which shall be overseeing its implementation at the ground level.
NUJS enters league of HEIs to have dedicated policy for persons with disabilities
The Disability Project at NUJS began in 2019 and with the passing of the above policy, NUJS entered the league of the few Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in India to have a dedicated policy for persons with disabilities.
The drafting committee consisted of Prof Sreenivasulu N S, Prof Vijay Kishor Tiwari, Chandrika Bothra (Batch of 2022), Prakhar Srivastava (Batch of 2022), Tanishk Goyal (Batch of 2023) and Vishwas Agarwal (Batch of 2023).
The act stated, "At NUJS, we strive to ensure that their Special Ability does not become the reason they are not afforded equal and appropriate opportunities to enter and participate fully in the activities of the University. Institutional inclusivity is one of the most fundamental factors
which needs to be addressed in order to ensure accessibility to legal education."
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