___Stipend Programme for the Children with Disabilities:
The Department of Social Services has started its journey to address challenges of 21st century, specially issues related to social development. The Department firmly believes that sustainable human resource development depends on education. But still now student with disabilities are not yet able to enjoy equal facilities in educational institution. Beside, poverty also hinders them from getting education. To encourage the children with disabilities to enroll themselves in the educational institution, the Government has introduced stipend programme for the student with disabilities. The Government has allocated taka 8.80 corer in the financial year 2010-2011 for this programme. The responsibility has given to DSS to implement this programme.
2. Objectives of the Stipend Programme:The main objectives of this programme is to ensure the commitment of the Constitution, National Disability related Policy, Bangladesh Protabandhi Kalayan Ain-2001 and UN Convention on the Rights of the Persons with Disabilities. Through this programme attempt has been taken to mainstreaming Student with Disabilities. Still now the rate of dropout is much more among the Student with Disabilities. They cannot afford education cost because most of them come from poor family. So through this programme new avenue is created for higher education.
The Department of Social Services has started its journey to address challenges of 21st century, specially issues related to social development. The Department firmly believes that sustainable human resource development depends on education. But still now student with disabilities are not yet able to enjoy equal facilities in educational institution. Beside, poverty also hinders them from getting education. To encourage the children with disabilities to enroll themselves in the educational institution, the Government has introduced stipend programme for the student with disabilities. The Government has allocated taka 8.80 corer in the financial year 2010-2011 for this programme. The responsibility has given to DSS to implement this programme.
2. Objectives of the Stipend Programme:The main objectives of this programme is to ensure the commitment of the Constitution, National Disability related Policy, Bangladesh Protabandhi Kalayan Ain-2001 and UN Convention on the Rights of the Persons with Disabilities. Through this programme attempt has been taken to mainstreaming Student with Disabilities. Still now the rate of dropout is much more among the Student with Disabilities. They cannot afford education cost because most of them come from poor family. So through this programme new avenue is created for higher education.