Supply Free Laptops to Visually Impaired Students Pursuing Higher Education

About This Scheme

The 'Supply Free Laptops to Visually Impaired Students Pursuing Higher Education' scheme introduced by the Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities Department, Government of Odisha. The scheme is provisioned for providing laptops to the visually impaired students to pursue professional courses after XII, under graduate and post graduate courses. The new provision of providing laptops to the visually impaired students forms part of the existing scheme “Special Appliances”.

Eligibility

1. The applicant must be a resident of Odisha state. 1. The applicant must have a disability of 40% and above. 1. The applicant must be pursuing 1st year and above of the professional courses after +2, Under Graduate or Post Graduate course including M.Phill, Phd, Law, Management, Medicine and other Technical courses.

Benefits

1. The Director, SSEPD shall distribute the laptops to the students on proper identification in camps organized in different regions of the State in presences of public representatives and Government Officers. 1. The JAWS Software for visually impaired students will be installed in the laptops.

How to Apply

Where This Comes From

This scheme was sourced from myScheme, the Government of India's official Central+State scheme discovery portal, and reviewed by an editor before publishing. Use the button above to read the full details and apply directly on the official source.