Need of amending the National Trust Act tuning to UNCRPD

Dear All

Goodmorning

HAPPY VIJAYA DASAMI

Happy to see and read so much of discussion going on the process of amending our Disability Acts tuning to UNCRPD.

We all should be happy and get best out of this process.

It is the day of Technology and Specialization.

We all need to move forward with positive attitude for getting the right thing to PWDs as RIGHT. There should not be any dispute on this.

All our strengths should be used for empowerment of the PWDs and to create an inclusive / barrier free environment.

After understanding the issues/ process, my comments / suggestions are as follows:

@ The Notional Trust Act is the specialized one on need based and should be retained with amendment tuning to UNCRPD. From specialization, movement / development should move forward but not for generalization (backward).

@ Four types of Disabilities covered under NT i.e., Mental Retardation, Autism, Cerebral Palsy and Multiple Disabilities should be retained with out additions or deletions.

@ NT Act has certainly got better awareness among the stakeholders and reach of its programmes is significant. For example NIRAMAYA & ASMITHA are very good schemes and the later is the answer for the long pending question of a parent that "what will happen to the child after us.

@Thanks to the technology and now every information is available at the click of a mouse. It is up to us to access and create further access / awareness. It is the fact that, we should not wait for others to do for which we are supposed to do.

I have expressed these views on some forums meant for amendments and several participants have accepted to move in the line of specialization rather than coming back to the generalization.

Lets hope for the unity and strong networking for getting the right thing for the right group in an healthy and barrier free environment....

Hope, the feelings are very clear with right based concept and I will be happy to be in touch with all of you for sharing & doing the best in this regard...

Looking forward ...

with thanks

Life Skills for the Empowerment of PWDs

Dear All

Happy to meet you all through his blog. Blogs are really marching to the needs with technology and we all need to use it for the development of peole as well as the nation.

LIFE SKILLS - understanding and development of life skills for the people is the most needy as development of the community / nation depends on this. When this is the common situation, the need of developing the life skills of the persons with disabilities (PWDs)is the most needy and stands with top priority. In this direction, government, national institutions, ngos, funding agencies, industries / corporates, professionals and other stakeholders are doing their best in developing the life skills of the PWDs with suitable strategies / approaches / trainings matching to their challengers, skills, needs, demands and living circumstances.

In this direction, RGNIYD is going to organize an International Seminar on "International Conference on Life Skills Education" and i am going to present a paper on "DEVELOPMENT OF LIFE SKILLS FOR THE EMPLOYABILITY OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES – AN INCLUSION MODEL".

My paper is going to present the process of developing the life skills among the person with disabilities with the aim of their empowerment for an independent living in an inclusive environment with better sustainability and quality of file. The concept of Resource Center cum Placement Cell (RCPC)is going to be the model for achieving the target of inclusion of PWDs at all levels as RIGHT.

Looking forward ...

with thanks

Celebration of GHANDHI Jayanthi

Dear ALL

We the old students along with the staff members of Silver Jubilee Government College, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh met on 2nd Oct in Hyderabad. This is the unique tradition of SJGCF to meet on this day every year. The experience is thrilling and ignites the participants for doing their best for the development of the community. This was a full day programme started respecting our Nations Father Mahatma Gandhi. Later several dignitaries stressed the need for improving the quality in Education and providing education for all(EFA). It has also helped the employment seekers and employment providers for understanding their mutual needs and demands.

SJGCF is helping the SJGC to regain its olden golden glory by working with the concerned authorities and mobilizing matching resources. The need of the hour is to work with the concept of CAT (Committed,Accountable & Transparent).

The tradition is good and helps the people to do this bit for developing the community with human values.

"Human Values" is the key word emphasized by all as the present system is loosing its control over the quality and just becoming commercial center for issuing the certificate. Due to this the employable skills are lacking and resulting for poor employability. Understanding these factors, we all felt to work seriously to restore its glory for which it was established in the Silver Jubilee Year of our Independence during 1972. This is unique and the only college in the entire India.

Let us hope to work for creating human values in our eduction system and thus to work for the development of the people and community with better sustainability and quality.

Looking forward......

with thanks