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Section 30*

Without prejudice to the foregoing provisions, the appropriate Governments shall by notification prepare a comprehensive education scheme, which shall make provision for

• transport facilities to the children with disabilities or in the alternative financial incentives to parents or guardians to enable their children with disabilities to attend schools;
• the removal of architectural barriers from schools, colleges or other institutions imparting vocational and professional training;
• the supply of books, uniforms and other materials to children with disabilities attending school;
• the grant of scholarship to students with disabilities;
• setting up of appropriate for a for the redressal of grievances of parents regarding the placement of their children with disabilities;
• suitable modification in the examination system to eliminate purely mathematical questions for the benefit of blind students and students with low vision;
• restructuring of curriculum for the benefit of children with disabilities;
• restructuring the curriculum for benefit of students with hearing impairment to facilitate them to take only one language as part of their curriculum.

Section 31*

All educational institutions shall provide or cause to be provided amanuensis to blind students and students with or low vision.

*(Chapter V: Education)

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