Bhubaneswar: With a view to help differently-abled students to be successful in their search for jobs, the state government has decided to provide free coaching to them for banking and other competitive examinations.
This was informed by director of Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (SSEPD) department Mansi Nimbhal here Sunday.
The government plans to prepare a three-month coaching module with help of Vocational Rehabilitation Centre for Handicapped (VRCH) to provide required coaching to the differently-abled students.
The classes will begin from February. The state government will also provide accommodation facilities for the students, who will undertake the coaching, she said.
The government has taken this step after being encouraged by the success of differently-abled students in Orissa Teachers’ Eligibility Test (OTET), who had taken free coaching by facilities run by the state government.
Sources said all the students who were given free coaching for OTET qualified the test and became eligible for teaching posts in the state.
Last year, 20 differently-abled persons, including five hearing impaired, eight visually challenged and seven orthopedically handicapped, from the state qualified for the Orissa Civil Service Services exam setting examples for others.
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