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New Indian Express
02-07-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Madras HC directs centre to provide reservation for PwDs in statutory bodies
CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has directed the union government to take steps to provide reservation for persons with disabilities in statutory bodies like the Bar Council of India and the Medical Council of India, on the lines of the 4% quota in education and employment. The court pointed out that the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, provides for 4% reservation in higher education and employment under Sections 32 and 34. Section 33 mandates the government to identify posts suitable for persons with benchmark disabilities, while Section 75 tasks the chief commissioner for persons with disabilities with spreading awareness and ensuring safeguards for the community. A division bench of Justices GR Swaminathan and V Lakshminarayanan, in a recent order, said that while it cannot issue a writ of mandamus unless the petitioner shows the existence of any legal right, it can certainly nudge the authorities to take appropriate steps. The order was passed on a petition filed by B Rameshbabu, an advocate with polio paralysis, seeking directions to the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and the chief commissioner for persons with disabilities to provide 4% reservation in the elected posts of the statutory bodies like Bar Council of India, Medical Council of India and Dental Council of India. 'Now that we have brought it to the notice of the respondents the lack of representation of PwDs in elected boards of statutory bodies, we direct them to undertake appropriate steps in this regard,' the court said.
Yahoo
14-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Letter: U.S. Education Department plays a very important role
The U.S. Department of Education was created in 1979 by Congress. It employs 4,000 people and has a budget of $79 billion. Most public school funding comes from state and local governments. The federal government provides a very small fraction of its overall funding — between 6% and 13% with the following programs: Title I provides money to help serve lower-income communities. In 2023 this department received more than $18 with Disabilities Act funding aids students with disabilities. The program received $15 billion in 2023. Funding for these programs was created by acts of Congress in 1965 and 1975, and the Department of Education has no power over what is taught. The Every Student Succeeds Act made it quite clear during the later part of the Obama administration. The Education Department manages college financial aid and federal student loans, with $120.8 billion given for grants and other programs like the work-study program and $33 billion for Pell grants for lower- and middle-class families. It also maintains data on college and college students. The department tracks student achievement through the Nation's Report Card. That's the yardstick used to measure student achievement in fourth and eighth grade. Shellie Noll Wernersville
