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| Kathmandu, Wednesday February 26, 2003 Falgun 14, 2059. |
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Disabled children are nation’s
future, says Minister
Post Report
KATHMANDU, Feb 25 : Minister for Education and
Sports Devi Prasad Ojha urged all people to support the hearing impaired children in their
effort to become able and creative citizens of the country.
" It is our big responsibility to help
disabled children in their sincere efforts as they are the future of this country,"
Ojha said after inaugurating the library and recreation hall of the Welfare Society for
Hearing Impaired.
The Minister also admitted the government’s
failure in providing adequate support to the organizations working for the welfare of the
disabled children.
" The country is bogged down by lots of
problems at the moment. And it is a bitter reality that the interests of the disabled have
been overshadowed," he further said, while urging such children to strengthen their
will power and work hard for success.
However, he assured to encourage the efforts of
such organisations and said the Special Education Council is considering all the problems
of the organisation including salary and facilities for the teachers and formulation of a
sound policy.
The Minister also gave away appreciation letters
to representatives of Mehepi Consultancy for conducting a four-month free class on sign
language and awarded certificates to the trainees.
Speaking on the occasion, Indira Shrestha,
chairperson of the organisation, highlighted the achievements of the organisation in
carrying out different activities including sign language classes for the hearing impaired
as well as skill-oriented training programmes for them
She also made it known that 70 students with
hearing impaired had passed the SLC exams.
The organisation is getting technical and
financial support from UNDP, UNICEF, SAP, Nepal ,Women's Club of Indian Embassy, LBH, a
Danish organisation, as well as from individual contributors.
The library and recreation hall was created with
personal contribution of an American lady, Arlene and her son Robert, in the memory of his
late father Kennth J Rose.
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