Education
(i)3% seats are reserved for children with disabilities for admission in all educational institutes.
(ii)Students with disability reading up to class VIII receive scholarships from social welfare directorate at Kolkata and district social welfare officers in districts.
(iii)Students from Class IX and above receive scholarships from mass education extension department.
(iv)Persons with loco motor disability in lower limb, having minimum 40% and not exceeding 60% disability, are permissible to be admitted into MBBS course.
(v)Visually handicapped, physically handicapped and dyslexic students are allowed assistance of scribes during examination.
(vi)Students with disability in upper limb and students with visually handicapped are allowed 20 minutes & 30 minutes extra time in case of papers with 2 hours & 3 hours duration respectively in UPSC examination.
(vii)Children with disabilities are provided with special and integrated school facilities. Students with disabilities are provided with book grant, uniform and other assistance under IEDC scheme of Sarba Siksha Abhijan.

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