Patiala, Oct 09:The Ministry of Human Resource Development has approved the construction of a Centre of Research and Vocational Training for Physically Disabled People at Punjabi University.
With the approval, the university will become the only one in Punjab to have this centre, aimed at empowering disabled people and ensuring 100 per cent employability against the posts reserved for them. University Vice–Chancellor Jaspal Singh said this while presiding over the Senate and Academic Council meeting on Thursday. "The next step will be to explore possibilities and generate avenues for the rehabilitation of drug addicts and eradicating child labour," he added.
The Senate also authorized the Vice–Chancellor for co–opting three members on the Senate for the next two years. It also gave its consent to the Department of Distance Education to start a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Diploma in HIV/AIDS counseling.
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