The Chief Minister of Assam, Sarbananda Sonowal has laid the foundation stone of a college in Guwahati exclusively for students with hearing inability. The initiative of setting up North East College for Hearing Impaired aims to provide quality higher education to the students of Assam and other Northeastern states.
Objectives of the institute:
The state government has set up the first ITI for differently abled youth in Dibrugarh and would establish a university exclusively for them.
It aims to play a great role in fulfilling the aspirations of the people with hearing inability with regard to pursuing higher education, the chief minister told PTI.
Sonowal said his government in its first budget had declared to provide Rs 5,000 financial assistance for medical purpose to differently abled students and the promise has been fulfilled.
Besides, Rs 1, 000 was also being provided to them every month as stipend for their dignity, he said.
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