The Delhi University on Tuesday conducted a COVID-19 webinar for students who are blind or have low vision to help them deal with the problems they are facing due to the coronavirus lockdown.
The university has nearly 3,000 students with disabilities.
Based on the webinar, titled ”COVID-19 and the Challenges of the Visually Impaired”, the university plans to prepare a policy document concerning interventions required for students who are blind or have low vision, to be circulated in public domain and for implementation, the varsity said.
Vice Chancellor Yogesh Tyagi assured students who are blind or have low vision and the faculty members that the university will make all possible efforts to ensure that difficulties being faced by them with respect to academic and other issues due to change in content-delivery methods, are addressed with utmost sensitivity, it said.
