The District Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) will provide equipment or tools needed by 212 differently abled children who have enrolled in schools but are unable to attend owing to their condition.
These 212 students are taught by 106 SSA resource teachers at their homes. Under the initiative being taken up to coincide with International Day of Persons With Disabilities, equipment will be provided to these students depending on their need. The programme will be taken up through sponsorship from December 1 to 5.
The initiative was launched at the South urban resource centre in Fort on Wednesday. Education Minister C. Ravindranath presented a laptop to a student of Government Upper Primary School, Konchiravila. It was sponsored by a new media collective, SSA District Project Officer B. Sreekumaran said.
Attempts would be made to provide equipment to other students too through sponsorships, he said.
Talent centres
The SSA also plans to start 101 regional talent centres to encourage talent and overall development of socially and financially backward students such as those in colonies, coastal areas, those belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, and minority communities.